I know O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps."  Jeremiah 10:23

Blessed is the believer who recognizes this truth early in his new life. Through many testings and trials we come to know this not only in our heads but in our hearts.  Our God is not a once a week Sunday Lord, He is the indwelling life.  The One who knows the beginning and the end, is the One who directs our steps.

"The heart of man plans his way,
But the LORD establishes his steps."  Proverbs 16:9

"The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
And He delights in his way.
When he falls, he shall not be hurled headlong:
Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand."  Psalm 27:23-24 

"Bless our God, O peoples;
Let the sound of His praise be heard,
Who has kept our soul among the living
And has not let our feet slip.  Psalm 66:8-9

Our dependence is on Christ and to know the Lord's leading is to be sensitive to the ever present Holy Spirit. the Helper, given by the Father.
It is Jesus who said,
"And I will ask the Father, and he will Give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.  You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."  John 14:16-17

Jesus tells us in John 15:5,
"I am the vine; you are the branches.  Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

The Apostle Paul (speaking of himself) speaks of dependence on God in 2 Corinthians 3:5,
"Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God."
And in 1 Corinthians 15:10 he says,
"Bu by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain.  On the contrary , I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me."

We, like he, are the Lord's workmanship as we have seen in Ephesians 2:10,,
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

"For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure."  
Philippians 2:13

Proverbs 3:5-6 puts it this way(I know you can all say this from memory,
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding.
n all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will direct your path."

And so He will and so He does!  Hallelujah, praise to the King of kings and the Lord of lords1