Seeking God in Decisions

With each new day comes decisions that need to be made. They might be significant, they may be small, but how do we choose? From how we should spend our time today or how to train the children to making a big purchase like a car or house, we need wisdom to make the right choice.

Let’s turn to our Savior to see how He made choices. In Luke 6:12 we read that Jesus went out into a mountain to pray, and continued there all night in prayer to God. The next verse says, “When it was day, he called unto him his disciples; and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles.” Do you suppose that He sought God’s will in the choosing of these men? Were their names mentioned as Jesus prayed all through the night? I firmly believe so. Jesus prayed all night, and I feel good about spending 30 minutes in prayer!

Abraham Lincoln said, “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.” As women it would behoove us to seek more earnestly the Lord’s face throughout the day for the decisions that lie before us. Just as Christ sought God’s will in the choosing of the twelve and Abraham Lincoln needed God’s wisdom to run this country – we surely need the Lord’s wisdom to run our home, do our job, or make a right decision. John Bunyon said, “He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.” Prayer is the best way to start the day. If you didn’t begin that way today, stop now and give Him your hours and the decisions that are before you. Watch then what He can do, rather than what you cannot do.