On Sunday I shared during my Bible talk that in order to make the best decisions, we need to see 4 directions (a 360 degree approach).
Here is the recap and warnings about being using less than all four angles.
1. God's Spirit. We often "feel/sense" a leading from the spiritual realm. However, we must be careful. Not all spiritual leadings are from God. God's Spirit always squares with the word of God, ways of God, and purposes of God. Other spiritual forces seek to persuade us as well which appeal to lots of motives. 2 big ones are our selfishness and arrogance (pride).
2. Good Sense. Using good common sense is valuable and can prove to be life saving. God rarely leads away from good sense. But He may push the boundaries and defy cultural opinions of wisdom.
3. God's People. We need the counsel of people who are also seeking to follow God. The key here is to gain advice and counsel from people love you enough to speak truth, correction, and warnings. Something to remember is that you will often need to seek out the counsel of the wise. The wise do not go about dishing out advice. You must seek their counsel and heed it.
4. Circumstances. God opens and closes doors or opportunity. But not every opportunity that appeals to us is from God. Circumstances can be a test to see if we will make a decision based on faith or pursue selfish, arrogant paths, easy/lazy paths, or deviant paths.
Complicated? No one said decisions were easy. Look in 4 directions and operate in faith.
Comments and thoughts welcome.
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