Making Wise Decisions
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.1
Have you ever tried to follow a leader or worked for a boss who tells you one thing one day and the opposite the next, or tried to be involved with a person who could never make up their mind regarding what they wanted?
Christian or otherwise, these people can make us crazy!
I have often asked people in classes how many have a difficult time making decisions? It always surprises me how many answer in the affirmative.
Why is making decisions difficult for many? Some are afraid of making a wrong decision. Some simply don't know what they want. For quite a few, somebody else always made their decisions for them when they were young. Consequently, they were never taught how to make decisions for themselves or learned how to accept the consequences for the decisions they made.
However, as adults, it is much wiser to make our own decisions and be wrong rather than allowing others to make them for us. One of the greatest ways we learn to make right decisions is by making wrong decisions! This is not to say that we shouldn’t seek wise counsel prior to making our decisions.
Life is a series of decisions that determine the course of our life and future. It pays to learn how to make wise decisions. God has promised to give us wisdom and guidance to help us make wise decisions, but it's up to each of us to make those decisions.
Suggested prayer: Dear God, help me to face and overcome the cause of my fear of making decisions and learn to seek Your guidance in everything I do. Teach me how to make wise and responsible decisions. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. In Jesus’ name, amen.
1. James 1:8.
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Richard (Dick) Innes unless otherwise stated.