I have a decision to make. Actually, if the truth be told, the decision is already made. I simply have to move forward in obedience. Have you ever been in a position like that?
This decision has significant implications for me personally and for the ministry God has given me. I have known for days what the final decision would be but I am waiting to get additional input from someone I trust. My husband agrees with and encourages this decision but he also wants input from this person. So, I have been waiting to connect with her because Proverbs 15: 22 says, “Without counsel, plans go awry, but in the multitude of counselors they are established”.
This is one of those decisions that just doesn’t make any sense from a human perspective, yet I am reminded that God doesn’t always work in human kind of ways. This afternoon I have been spending some time in God’s Word listening for Him to speak to me about this decision. It is not that I am hoping He will change His mind at all, but rather I just want to be absolutely, positively certain that I am making the decision that He wants me to make. God is so willing to speak to us, if only we will seek Him and listen.
I ended up in Proverbs and He reminded me that I don’t have to understand what He is asking in order to be obedient and do it. Proverbs 3: 5 and 6 are likely very familiar verses to you, as they are to me, but tonight I read them with fresh eyes and an open heart and they spoke to me directly about this decision. Let me give you the “Leah” paraphrase of these verses as it applies to my decision:
“Trust in Me, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, (not in Leah) with everything that is in you (your heart, soul, and mind) and don’t try to understand what I, the Lord, am asking or doing because so much of ME just can’t be understood on this side of heaven. In whatever I am asking you to do, Leah, just do it and I, the Lord, will be responsible for the consequences. I already know the outcome and I am orchestrating this in MY way, for my glory and for your good.”
Then, He took me to Proverbs 2: 6 which says, “For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” Did you notice that it didn’t say anything about knowledge and understanding coming from me? Hmmm, I noticed that too.
Next we journeyed to Proverbs 9: 10. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” This reminded me that it is only through reverence and submission that I will gain wisdom and understanding AND that wisdom and understanding will likely come in a progressive manner, rather than all at once. So, I may not understand for a long time why He is asking me to make the decision that He is asking me to make, but I must submit and trust His heart.
Finally, He took me to Proverbs 14: 12 and with this one wrapped up His case. “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
Once again, He has been faithful to guide me and give me the assurance that I need. He truly is my BFF!!!
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