With a renewed mind, we can hope to develop a spiritual “sixth sense” that alerts us when something doesn’t feel right. Now, this feeling is not the Word of God and it isn’t infallible. There are times when something doesn’t feel right because I ate too many tacos. But, when we have immersed ourselves in God’s word and developed this skill of discernment, it becomes the initial warning that should drive us to God’s word.

I’ve heard several self-defense experts through the years suggest that people trust their “sixth sense.” If a situation doesn’t feel right, even if you can’t put your finger on the reason why, it is often best just to remove yourself from the situation.

Explanations for this “sixth sense” run the gamut, but the most compelling argument I’ve heard is that a supposed “sixth sense” is just a feeling we get when a situation doesn’t match our pre-conceived notions. We may not consciously or immediately recognize why something doesn’t feel right, but something in our subconscious mind picks up a smell that is out of place or an item in a room that just doesn’t belong. In other words, we don’t have a “sixth sense,” but over time we get used to what is normal and our brain alerts us when something is different.

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