I need help with discernment

[Harley.]

Im 20 years old and recently I bought myself my first car. Its a small 1992 pickup truck. Low milege, 16km on the odo, and its in pretty good shape! I was overjoyed! My parents gave me a no-interest loan to help pay for it, which was greatly appreciated, as I didnt want to have to deal with financing through a dealership/bank loan. I got the truck and it was losing power, turns out it had a clogged fuel filter and then shortly after the battery died. Two pretty cheap and easy fixes I was able to do myself. Its been running perfect since. (last three weeks). Anyhow, I was praying, thanking God for His providence of the truck (parents helping, good condition, cheap fixes) and I got this DEEP wordless sense in my gut that said something akin to "That wasnt me/my providence" and now im confused. Ive BEEN confused, for three weeks. I dont even know how to explain it, it was this "knowing" of what was being said, there were no words attached. Was this God? Im honestly lost and I am unable to ask a christian elder irl right now.

 

[Unqualified]

I think it’s a fiery dart of the enemy. God is a giver of good gifts. Just doubtful conscience trying to creep in.

 

[timothyu]

God restores the spirit, not the flesh.

 

[Harley.]

God restores the spirit, not the flesh.

im not fully certain I understand what this means, or what it means in correlation to my post

 

[timf]

There is a school of thought that says that every aspect of life is determined and controlled by God. There is an alternative school of thought that says that most of the things we encounter in life are random.

Seeing God as in control of everything tends to make God also the author of evil.

The randomness of life view tends to diminish God in that it seems to make him distant or uncaring.

One perspective that can help is that God does not control every event in our lives because he is not so much interested in our comfort and ease as he is that we learn to abandon our selfishness and learn to walk by the Spirit in the selfless love of Christ.

Maturity (strong meat) results in discernment that needs to be exercised.

Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.