A search for presumption discovered six results in the ESV. 

1 faulty judgment 2 pride 3 connections 4 right worship 5 faulty expectations 6 right posture

It is difficult to balance all the aspects of presumptions because they are not all bad for us. 

God help us!

Numbers 14:14 But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp.

Deuteronomy 18:20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’

Matthew 3:9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

Luke 7:7 Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed.

Romans 2:4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Jude 1:9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”

Notice carefully that I presumed to understand how to title each verse is connected with the use of presumption. That does not make me right or wrong and I must allow others the right to see the meanings of presumption as the Lord leads them in understanding.

That is one more aspect of presumption, that others will automatically understand us just because we have some level of confidence in our presentation of issues. Consider this nothing more than a postulate.

The only way to avoid assumptions is to check with the Author.

Matthew 3:17 English Standard Version (ESV) and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

It just occurred to me this morning that in this verse God expresses His pleasure in His Son and Jesus had not yet begun His ministry. Jesus had done nothing worthy of pleasure, yet God was pleased.

This is one of our emotional entanglements where we have, to do something to please God.

1 Thessalonians 4:1 English Standard Version

A Life Pleasing to God

Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.

This word from Peter to others is an emotional appeal, to encourage them. In modern language it might sound like “You are doing good, keep it up.” His inclusion of pleasing God goes to the emotional side of man who does things to please his earthly father. Those are human emotions and not spiritual realities.

What was left out of Matthew 3:17 but included in the other gospels was the instruction “listen to Him.” That is a foreknowledge of the works that Jesus would be doing that had nothing to do with God the Father’s pleasure in His Son.

If our motivation to walk by faith is to please God then every time we feel like we have failed we will see God the Father as being displeased with us. That is not true. We are displeased with ourselves and treat God as if He were an earthly father. That is not healthy for this relationship because just as we tend to avoid our earthly fathers when we fail, we will shy away from Father God when we feel that way.

This is why we are given scriptures that clearly show us that no matter how we feel about what we have done, there is no place we can hide from God.

If we still cannot reconcile our emotions about our failures then consider this: Jesus is our advocate before the Father. (1 John 2:1)