It is a phrase I started using a number of years ago with my own meaning from my heart, which may or may not equal some particular verse in the written scriptures. Did it come from God? Sometimes it does. [tense changed on purpose.]What do you understand this phrase to mean as defined scripturally?
I give God the glory because ultimately He is the One that is good and the only One who is always deserving of all the honor I am able to give Him. Maybe it is not much, but if it is all that I have...
I made the mistake of trying to get closer to God from the written scriptures alone for several years. My mind was taking the lead instead of the Holy Spirit. When I backslid, I could quote dozens of verses simply because I had read them or heard them many times. When God drew me back to Him after about 10 years I could not quote much of anything verbatim any longer than "Jesus wept". Although I read the Bible more than I ever did before this inability to quote exactly remains. Yet... when God is in it, and a lot of times He is, I have the right words in my mouth or I know where they are to be found in a written Bible. The difference without any doubt at all on my part is the Holy Spirit. My problem is I am not always in the Spirit and sometime I am not even following the lead of the Spirit. These times are usually fewer than they once were, but they do exist at times in me. For this reason, when my friend, @bbyrd009 on this forum questions what people mean when they speak of an Absolute Truth, I understand his question only too well... Sometimes I glimpse the answer, but sometimes it eludes me.