What happens when you have to make not right or wrong decisions because we know that
but when you have to make right or left decisions should I go for my masters
or should I go ahead and get a job should I go for a doctorate should I take this job or that job
should I marry this person a Christian woman I love her she's all the things that
but is it God's will should we move from here to another place because there's a
step up in the company but our Christian family is here my parents are here what should we do
when you have to make a right or a left decision and there's no word so to speak from God
are you held culpable for that decision that you have no way of knowing
and if you make a wrong decision like a labyrinth have you thrown off all decisions after this
what happens if one person marries the person they shouldn't marry what should I do right or left
but the passage was so powerful to me it said whether you turn to the right or to the left
you will hear a voice behind you saying this is the way walk in it this is the way this is
the way notice that God's word comes as you walk but the important thing is not necessarily about
that initial decision is it the important thing is not necessarily which way you go but how you
walk on that path you turn to the right okay good job but how are you walking on that path
best counsel I ever got when I was a young guy on campus crusade said God never steers apart car
you just go and let God lead you God's people never have a problem with guidance
what they have a problem with is inertia initial inertia getting off the dime that's the problem
go make disciples go where just go I'll lead you I think all of us have moments in life
when we want to hear God's voice or receive some definite sign from him regarding a relationship
perhaps a pending marriage a business decision a career choice or a major expenditure you know
our decisions really matter we make decisions our decisions turn around and make us and we face so
many questions throughout all of our lifetime like how about should I get married if the answer is
yes who should I marry should I go to college I've got a good job should I take the new job should I
just hold on to the one I have is there any way to be 100% certain about God's will when you're making
a major choice in life or a college but remember we walk by faith not my sight and I want to say to
you you are not going to get 100 percent assurance and confidence before you make a choice because it
would require zero faith we pray about it we wait on the Lord and then we make our choice
once you have prayed about it you've checked your motive you've gotten wise men around you
then act and let God guide you and then let's make the call and make it with confidence
should I marry this girl do you love her she love you
you theologically spiritually socially do you all have a oneness
marry her marry her he that finds a wife finds a good thing and receives blessing from the Lord
do what God has given you that privilege as a son go marry her
you have to take the plunge you have to make the choice go ahead and make the best decision you can
make and when you've done that leave the results to God because God's purpose will stand and if
yours are not he will correct it he will redeem it and he will still keep you on the right path
to your future destiny and will not forsake you he wants you to know his will more than you want to
know it and I think one of the reasons that people live out of the will of God is they're not willing
to take the first step quit worrying about those things you can't figure out God has you in the
palm of his hand I know not how this is going to work out but I do know who's on the throne I do
know who's directing our steps I do know who's planned out our days I think what happens is
that we forget that he is in control of the life I gave him I do want to make good choices but I'm
a limited human being I can't see the future but I can I've got scripture I've got prayer
I've got wise people and then you've got a piece in your heart and at the end of the day I have
to do that and trust God and I have to believe regardless of what happens he will orchestrate
my life and I'll end up where I'm supposed to be doing what I'm supposed to do I don't have
to obsess hyperventilate or control everyone and everything around me I don't have to worry about
the minutia the little miniature things of life I can have confidence that this God is going to
take care of everything you know you can sleep well once you realize God's in control of your
life I don't like everything I don't understand everything just like you but I do know he's in
control and I know no human being energized by Satan not even Satan himself can stop the purpose
of God for your life or mine and here's what I've noticed even if you trust God and make a mistake
if you genuinely make a mistake God has the most awesome ways of correcting that mistake he knows
your heart he knows you're willing to do or what he requires of you and God knows better than we
do that some things he requires of us is very difficult but the question is are you listening
and secondly are you trusting that whatever he says for you to do that you're to do he can put
you exactly where he wants you to be he can arrange all the details of your life years in
advance he can open doors that seem shut tight he can remove any obstacle that stands in your way
he can take your choices and fit him into his plan so you end up at the right place at the right time
he can even take your mistakes and bring good out of them don't forget he's our redeemer he
redeems things he can take tragedy and use it for your good and his glory all he needs is a willing
heart just someone to reasonably cooperate this doesn't mean you won't have to make difficult and
hard choices you will but he takes the pressure off because it means you can trust God to take
your decisions your choices and use them to accomplish his will in your life the steps
of a good man are ordered or directed by the Lord even when you don't know what the heck's going on
he's directing them lay your head on your pillow knowing dad's up he's in charge and he's going to
govern the affairs of your life if he shuts the door and opens the door he's just directing you
it's going to be all right God will not give you a road map God's will for you is not a road map
it is a relationship when he led the children of Israel through the wilderness how did he
lead them did he give them a map no he gave them a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire and said
follow that just stay in a relationship with me so many of us would like a map to say we're
going to go from here this way that way this way and then we're going to end up there but
God won't do that and I'm glad he doesn't do it because friend that takes the romance out of it
that takes the excitement out of it it may put a certain fear and apprehension into it if we
knew what tomorrow holds for us I'm glad we don't I'm glad we don't listen to me friend
don't be afraid of the will of God the will of God will not take you where the power of God cannot
keep you and the will of God is the absolute best thing for you for your wife and for your children
and listen very very carefully right now the way to know the will of God for the rest of your life
is to do the will of God right now it's hard to steer ship it's not moving people think if God
would just reveal his secret will to me that would be so good and actually it'd be so much easier
it would mean I didn't have any responsibility no decisions to make and I would never grow up to
maturity as a result have you ever met a teenager who has never had to make a decision in his life
and notice how dysfunctional he has become and how immature he really is no matter what
he or she thinks about themselves and the same is true in the Christian life
to develop a child you don't give him every answer and make every choice for him you do
early on but after you give them instruction and guidance and your presence to help them
they have to make decisions it's part of their deepening as part of their maturity Adam cultivate
the garden subdue it multiply and subdue the Earth bring forth fruit how just do it I'll walk with
you in the cool of the day just do it name the animals and whatever he named them that it was
so to make a child strong you give him guidance early on and then you let him choose
sometimes does he have to choose wrong to develop him God lets us choose do we want him to seek our
counsel yeah seek our help yes but nonetheless the child has to grow up and so God lets us choose
that's the way he makes a glorifying strong person that seeks his guidance seeks his
providence you become an adult you don't realize how stressful decisions are but
why do you have to make decisions here's the answer God wants you to make decisions
you see your mind was given to you by God to use it God wants you to think the will of God
is found between your ears right here oh you say no that's naturalistic you shouldn't use your mind
well why do you say you shouldn't use your mind when the Apostle Paul says in the book
of Philippians we have the mind of Christ do you know what wisdom is wisdom is seeing life
from God's point of view friend when you pray and you get the spirit of God in you and you get the
word of God in you and you get the supernatural life of God in you you will begin to have wisdom
knowledge comes by looking around but wisdom comes by looking up and God will lead you and God will
give you wisdom I don't know how to explain any other way than that but it is supernatural when
a person is walking in the spirit he says I have the mind of Christ and he's not afraid to trust
what he has up here that is not naturalistic that is supernatural friend wisdom is not getting all
wet around the lashes and warm around the heart it is having a mind that is stayed on God full of
the word of God led by the spirit of God and the Bible says that God will guide you with wisdom
we are told in the Bible to be wise we're not told to be mystic but we're told to be wise
he tells you to be holy to be wise and then to trust him
it would be so much easier if God just sent messages down from heaven wouldn't it
but nobody would grow as a Christian if that were the case nobody would need to discern
God's will for their lives nobody would need to make decisions that were pleasing to God
and what God is after in our lives is growth to maturity that can sound a little
frightening but remember he is our shepherd and he's promised to lead us and to guide us
and so we can have every confidence that although the Lord wants us to grow up to maturity to discern
and to do his will he is promised that he will be with us and he will guide us
and we know that we can trust him and the most important decision you will ever make
is the decision to accept the Lord Jesus Christ the son of God the savior of the world who went
to the cross shed his blood at Calvary paid our sin dead in full and offered salvation to all mankind
most important decision is to accept him personally as your savior and
Lord confessing and repenting of your sins and surrendering your life to him number one decision