We make decisions every day.
Decisions can range from deciding what we are going to eat for dinner to major life changing decisions.
I know that I never enjoy making the difficult decisions. Most of us don’t. Making decisions is perhaps one of the most challenging things about being an adult.
What if we make the wrong decision?
Even when you have faith in God, He rarely tells us what we should do, and which decision is the right decision.
In the Bible when decisions needed to be made, they would cast lots. They actually cast lots to replace Judas as a disciple. (See Acts 1:23-26) Today we are discouraged from using this method because we have the Holy Spirit which is here to lead us and guide us in life. (See John 16:13) Even with the Holy Spirit, we can still make the wrong decision.
When we do we make the wrong decision, we can’t panic. Sometimes what looks like the wrong decision is the right one, but we don’t see it until we reflect back on it later.
When I have had absolute hard decisions to make, I have prayed and asked God to be direct. If He doesn’t give a clear answer, I just make the best decision I can based on what I know. That’s all you can do. I have had times when I have asked God that if He didn’t want me to make a decision to make it clear to me.
I used to stress a lot more about making the wrong decision, but I am learning that decisions are often like our dependence on GPS directions, if we make the wrong one, God will help us get back on track.
The best decision prayer to pray is to ask God about the decision you feel you should make but if it isn’t God’s will that He would close the door. Either He will make it clear, or He won’t. If you have prayed earnestly about it then that’s all you can do.
I hope I am not giving you the impression that I am good at this. I am not and always learning from my mistakes and impatience. I acknowledge that it isn’t an easy thing to do.
I have realized that when I get stressed about a decision, I make the best decision I can based on what I can see and trust God with the parts I can’t see.
