Decisions, decisions… why is it that we feel we must make decisions?...
For the obvious reasons there are times and circumstances in which we must decide what to do… where to go… what to be… whom to go with… to do this or do that… to trust or not to trust… to believe or not believe… to go through the yellow light or stop… to get married or not… to take a job or not… to get up in the morning or hit the snooze… what to eat… what to wear… what to watch on tv… what to listen to on the radio… what to read… whom to be friends with… what to share with others and what to keep to yourself… just to name a few of the decisions that we have to make… some are daily decisions, some are weekly, some can be hourly… regardless of when or how often… it’s the decisions you make that make up your life… that choose the life you lead and whom you lead it with. The smallest of decisions on your part can effect your life and what road you choose to go down… some decisions are huge and can seem overwhelming in how to make it, not knowing if the choice you make will be the right one. Other decisions are so minute that they won’t effect your day let alone your life.
Some people have a knack for making good decisions. They seem to have good common sense and they know who they are and what they want out of life and they go after it with everything they have.
Other people get paralyzed just by having to make a small decision that will effect their life and thus… don’t make it and end up honestly going no where… just existing…
How do you make your decisions in life? Do you go by your gut instinct? Do you just pick one and hope it works out for the best? Do you make a pros and cons list to weigh out your best choice? Do you flip a coin? Do you pray? Do you seek God’s desire at all? Do you ask friends for their opinions? Do you research? Everybody has their way of making decisions…some are well thought out and others are kind of careless or carefree depending on how you want to look at it.
For the big decisions that will effect your life and perhaps the lives of your family I hope that you pray about them. I would hope that you would seek God’s desire. Sometimes God’s desire is different from our own desire and that’s when another decision then has to be made.
Do you go with what God would have you do?... or do you do what your desire is and ignore God? Now, that’s a tough one!... It’s never easy to do something we would rather not do. It’s easier to please ourselves… After all, humans are by nature selfish people. We prefer to get what we want and to do things our way and when we have to do something someone else’s way (even if it is God) it’s just not fun. And there are some circumstances where it might just seem like it’s not fair either! And how do you handle that? How do you expect others to handle that? It’s easier to tell other people what they should be doing then it is to take your own advice. It’s easier to see the sin in someone else’s life then it is to look at your own life honestly. How do you handle that? How do you handle someone pointing out your sin when you can see their similar sin so clearly? That’s a hard decision. Do you accept what they are saying about you willingly and appreciative in a way that would allow you to improve yourself and grow? Or do you get defensive with that person for pointing out your sin when it’s so obvious that they are not without sin themselves?
I think that people instinctly react to people in a direct response in the way they are treated. Meaning if the person pointing out your sin is doing so out of love and respect and a desire to help you then your response will be different then if a person is being mean and cruel and pointing fingers at you and condemning you for the sin. Make sense?
God is not the type of God that condemns and points fingers. Which makes me wonder WHY so many people that call themselves Christians think that behavior is okay for them to do to others. It’s absolutely crazy if you think about it for any length of time. God himself doesn’t condemn, but loves us despite our sins. Yet, we humans find it acceptable to condemn?! Just craziness! Pure and simple. Humans thinking they are smarter than God. Hum…
No comments:
Post a Comment