Making the right decision in life
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First sermon I’m posting is
“Making the right decision in life”
Decision, Decision, Decision..
We always face decision in our life. Decision will affect the course of our life and we can never escape the reality of making a decision. Whether it is minor or major, a decision still has to be made. It is like we come to a crossroad where we have to choose either the left route or right route. We can’t choose both, one has to be chosen and that’s the decision.
When you have chosen it, be focus on that route. Never regret what you choose.
Let me share with you three keys on how to make an unregretful decision. They all start with the letter “P”.
Key #1: Pray
The power of prayer..
We need to pray when we are in a crossroad where decision has to be made. When you pray and God has given you an answer for that situation, just obey Him and do it. Sometime when we pray and hear from God, we never act out what He said.
There are no right or wrong decisions in life to make. (Pro 16:33)But its every decision is from the LORD.. A good example is me choosing to go to Bible school instead of university this year. Friends, decisions are never right or wrong. Like my example, it is not wrong to go to university this year and not act out what God told me to go to Bible school. It is not a wrong decision, just that i will miss out God’s plan upon my life. His ways are greater than our ways, His thoughts are greater than our thoughts.
Just make sure that when you make that decision, God is with that decision and is with you. I believe the best assurance someone can get is when he/she makes that decision, God agrees with the decision.
When you make that decision, there’s a second key we need to do
Key #2: Plan
When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. When God give us the vision and you make a decision to follow that vision, don’t just pray and think that is it. Friends, don’t say God will do everything for me when i obey Him. Friends, faith without works is dead. Having faith in God is good but all you can do after obeying Him is to sit back and relax and think God will bless you, you have to wait longer. God take no pleasure in those who are lazy.
Let me give you an example, i will take me as an example again. I always want to go into full-time in church in tv ministry. I pray about it and have made the decision. It is good to make that decision but if i stop at this point, i will not see it happen so i must plan.
When you know what you want, you will know what you need to do to get what you want.
Friends, have a plan in what you decide to do.
The third key is the most difficult key cos many people always fail in this area.
Key #3: Pressing on / Patience
It is easy to make a decision and give up but hard to make a decision and press on with it. This is where a person character builds up, it is also where God will mould you. This is the most difficult part, it’s when you don’t see anything happening but have to trust in God’s promises. When you don’t see God’s hand, trust God’s heart.
Many people want their prayer, their decision to come true as soon as possible. Friends, God will not give us what we cannot handle. The reason why God is delaying His answers and why you still don’t see anything happening when you make that decision may be due to the fact that you have not reach the stage where God can mould you. Be broken before God so that He can use you. I have told a lot of my friends too that it is also because of our capacity, we don’t have the capacity to handle the things that are to come when we make that decision.
Friends, what you need to do after praying and planning is to be fervent in your walk with Him. Press on and be patient, you may not see anything happening in the natural but in the spiritual, something is happening. The hardest thing a man can do in tough times is to be still and know that He is God.
Friends, i pray that all of you who are going thru some dilemma or situation in life to pray and seek God, plan and ask God to guide you and finally hold fast to His confession.
It is good to believe in God, many people believe He is God but it is better to obey and trust God..
Friends, have faith in God..
Faith--> Forsake All I Trust Him