The Best Way to Make a Decision

 This year I promised to share more of my life personally, so here it is… Lately I really feel like God has been showing me how much I really need to lean and depend on the Holy Spirit’s guidance in my life. The bible says there is a way that seems right to a man but the end is destruction, proverbs 14:12 (I paraphrased that) I consider myself to be pretty mature, and fairly responsible. I am very analytical so I usually think about decisions and weigh them before I make them. However, in all my wisdom I still don’t know all the variables in a particular situation to make the absolute best decision I could make.

In the past few weeks I have had at least 3 situations come up where I either didn’t know what I should do or I made a decision in the moment and am now wondering if it was the best decision I could have made. In particular I have had relational concerns with people. For example, do I address concerns about problems with a friend that multiple people have noticed or do I just keep loving them and wait on God to show me what role I’m supposed to play in their life. Or there are situations with other people where I let things happen and then afterwards I question whether or not I should have stepped in thinking that maybe if I had things would be different. I still don’t know the answer to some of those questions but one thing is clear: I need the Holy Spirit to save me from myself. Save me from my thoughts, my ways, my logic… It’s all wrong because it’s all limited to my human understanding.

I don’t have time to second guess my decisions and I definitely don’t have time to get to the end and realize I had it wrong from the beginning. It is the Holy Spirit that gives light in dark situations. He illuminates my thinking and gives me revelations… I cannot do life well without him. I especially can’t do relationships because I cannot fully understand another human being without his impartation. What difficult decisions are you making that you need guidance for? I encourage you to talk to God about it and then expect him to answer. Just the other night as I was getting ready to go to sleep God told me to spend the hour with him- what a difference it has made. Not because anything monumental happened in that hour, but because in that time spent, I am being transformed.  As I become more like God and less like myself, I grow closer to him, and the closer I am the more clearly I hear him, make better decisions, and know God’s will for my life.  A life lived following the Holy Spirit equals sound decisions and creates a life without regret.