An interesting scenario :
Imagine a person venturing out into the middle of the ocean. He is unable to find his way back home. After being rescued, his friends give him a compass to help him on future trips. Once again he gets lost and needs to be rescued. His friends ask him impatiently, "Why didn't you use the compass?"
"I did," he replies, "but it didn't work right. I wanted to go north, but the needle kept turning back to point southeast."
Some people are so sure they are going the right direction in life, they just can not see all the signs to the contrary.
God has given us all the guidelines we need for living, right in the Bible. Pretending to ourselves that another direction is right would not change the facts.
Psalm 119:11,105
Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.