Scripture Prompt
Making Decisions God’s Way
Proverbs 3: 5–12 (MSG)
Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don’t, dear friend, resent God’s discipline; don’t sulk under his loving correction. It’s the child he loves that God corrects; a father’s delight is behind all this. (Proverbs 3:5–12, MSG)
For most of us making decisions is hard, not fun, and sometimes downright painful. My sister lamented to me just last week how much she stressed over picking a paint color for her living room.
I know some of you are laughing about that, but the struggle is real — especially for those of us who are perfectionists. We just hate to make mistakes.
Some mistakes are no big deal — you can always repaint the room, right? But decisions regarding big-life stuff like career moves or when to sell the house — those can drive even the most even-keeled over the edge.
