Being Decisive

Friday October 13, 2023

Making decisions and taking responsibility for our choices requires courage. It was easy in our addiction 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 bring out our vulnerabilities. There are just so many things we don't know about ourselves and about 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 where we know that this or that way is the route we should take?

In simple terms, we seek wise counsel from God and then obey what He says in His Word. God promises to watch over and guide us and, if we start to head in the wrong direction, He will whisper a correction into our ears.

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, happens" and even to add in "for a reason." The truth is, things often happen because of our choices that could have been 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)

Each day we take a daily inventory of how we behaved so we can learn and perhaps do better on another day. We pray for conscious contact with God and for knowledge of His will for us and the power to help us carry it out. Both of these practices help us start to find balance 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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