Today, I think about the decisions I have made in my life. Some were made in confidence, and others I had to "step out to find out".
We need to follow the Holy Spirit. In Galatians 1:15-17 we read, " But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased to reveal (unveil, disclose) His Son within me so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles (the non-Jewish world) as the glad tidings (Gospel), immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood [did not consult or counsel with any frail human being or communicate with anyone].
Nor did I [even] go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles (special messengers of Christ) before I was, but I went away and retired into Arabia, and afterward I came back again to Damascus."
We need to seek God and get a good idea of what He is saying before running to our counselors. However, we do need wise counselors. Proverbs 24:6 says that in a multitude of counselors there is safety and victory.
Too many times, I have run to others before discerning what God is saying to me first. How do we get there?
Today a passage impacted me in a powerful way. 2 Timothy 1:6,7 says, "That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination].
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control."
Pray in the Holy Spirit. Build yourself up. Spend time with Him and most importantly, spend time in the Word of God. You can't go wrong!
Secondly, surround yourself with wise counselors.
In this atmosphere, we can be assured that the decisions we make will be pretty good. We aren't perfect, and we will miss it sometimes, but our Father is there with us the whole time.
