Make Spirit-Led Decisions

Is it God or just your own thinking? How can you know if the decision you're making is of God's will? I've been there too. On one hand, you don't want to be stuck or waste time. On the other hand, you don't want to be presumptuous and move ahead with a decision that isn't Spirit-filled. So what are you supposed to do if you don't have an indication in either direction? Afraid to make a bad decision, many become spiritually stuck. So I want to give you a couple of truths that will help you to rewire the way you think so that you can be decisive while also being obedient to God. Well, there are several keys to recognizing and responding to the voice of God, I want to focus on giving you 2 simple thoughts. First, we as believers hear God primarily through his written word. This isn't to say that God doesn't speak to us directly. Of course he does. However, this does mean that if you're not in the word, you'll more often than not find yourself stuck in indecision. To receive the word is to develop wisdom, and wisdom is the foundation of decisiveness. Wisdom is divine reasoning. Wisdom is the problem Problem-solving approach given to us by God himself. Second, don't trust in your ability to hear God. Now, at first, this directive might seem unusual, especially for Christians. I don't mean that we shouldn't desire to hear God or that we shouldn't be glad when we do. I simply mean that when your trust is placed in your ability to hear God, you add unnecessary tension to your walk with the Lord. You see, Christians who trust in their own ability to hear God live with the perceived burden of having to make God speak, which nobody can do. When you trust in your own ability to hear God, you leave yourself vulnerable to the fear that you might not be doing enough to hear him and therefore missing his instructions. You become stressed about making sure you're using all of the correct tactics to hear him. Now, of course, we as believers ought to live in the stillness of readiness to hear the Lord. We must learn to quiet mind and emotion that we might not mistake our own thoughts for God's voice. And yes, we should seek the Lord and to hear his voice. Yet ultimately, your faith cannot be in self or in your own We trust not in our ability to hear the Holy Spirit, but in his ability to speak to us. If God could get through to Pharaoh and Jonah and Saul, he can definitely get through to you. We can find relief and then joy and peace as we live ready and eager to hear him while trusting that he'll speak when he's ready. To become decisive, ground yourself in the Word and then learn to trust that he knows how to get through to you.