Your Big Decisions
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV)
So many people in the crowd that waved branches on Palm Sunday and shouted “Hosanna!” were nowhere to be found when Jesus was crucified just a few days later.
In a spiritual sense, many of us are currently in that crowd with our palm branches waving, with shouts of adoration and celebration for our King. But will we still be adoring and celebrating when the big decisions in life come our way?
As you chart your future and think about your plans, as you nurse and give attention to your emotions and make critical decisions—where does Jesus stand in all of it? Is He still the centerpiece of your focus?
There is no doubt you have big decisions in life. Anointed lives always have big decisions associated with big gifts and big opportunities. You have crucial choices to make. You have an important life to steward. You have valuable relationships to nurture. You have limited time to live this life.
Like a vapor, life is here and then it transitions from temporality to eternality—so the things you decide have to count. You don't have time to waste. It has to be the best decision and you can’t make your choices lightly.
I can’t give you answers to the questions and choices before you, because your faith needs to do that. But before you grab a palm branch and before you start the festive cry of “Hosanna,” answer first this question: Is Jesus in the center of your decision-making?
Every decision should be filtered through Jesus. That is how you love your enemies and accept those who might otherwise be pushed away. That is how you choose ministry over other opportunities and make decisions that are in obedience to God. That is how you move forward when you have less data than you would like. That is how you walk by faith and not by sight.
Trust Him, and then take one step at a time. You don't need to know all the details in order to make the big decision before you—because you know enough about Him to trust that He is going to work it out for your good and for His glory.
Put Jesus at the center of your decision-making.
