Being Decisive

Making decisions and taking responsibility for our choices requires courage.  In our addiction it was easy to bully people for things we needed to feed our habit but, a healthy weighing up of facts, and coming to a reasoned decision that is good for everyone, tends to brings out our vulnerabilities. There are just so many things we don't know about ourselves and life.  We hate both physical and emotional pain and still want to do whatever we can to avoid it.  How do we come to that place of focus and clear sight that prompts us to know which is the best route to take?

The Lord shows his people how to live, but the wicked have lost their way. If you wander from the right path, either to the right or to the left, you will hear a voice behind you saying, “You should go this way. Here is the right way.  (Psalm 1:6, Isaiah 30:21 ERV) 

It is not God's plan that we swing between the extremes of being pushy or being passive.  Too often we are willing to say, "Whatever happens, will happen" and even add in "for a reason."  The truth is, often things happen because of the choices we make that we could have made differently.

Lord, help me learn your ways. Show me how you want me to live.  Guide me and teach me your truths. You are my God, my Savior. You are the one I have been waiting for.  (Psalm 25:4-5 ERV)

We take a daily inventory of how things were done today so we can learn and perhaps do better on another day.  This is the reason we pray for conscious contact with God and for the knowledge of His will for us, and the power to carry it out.  Both practices help us to fulfill each day’s tasks and to be decisive in a healthy way.

I praise the Lord because he taught me well.  Even at night he put his instructions deep inside my mind. I always remember that the Lord is with me. He is here, close by my side, so nothing can defeat me.  (Psalm 16:7-8 ERV)

Prayer:  Loving God, help me to know You, and Your ways, and to walk in them.  Amen

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