I’m going to keep this short today (at least that’s what I always think I’ll do). I was pondering today while driving. I know that can be hazardous, but I was still paying attention, I promise. Recently, I wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his belief that time is neutral. In other words, there’s not a good time or a bad time, there’s only right now to pursue and fight for progress and justice.
Today, I thought about this in relation to decisions. This is sort of funny to me because we emphasize in our house with our kids that we make decisions. Your brother didn’t make you hit him, you made the decision, and it was a bad decision (or so we have said).
The more I think about this, the more I see that decisions, like time, are neutral. It is the fruit that is either good or bad. My decision to get up and go to work this morning was neither good nor bad. The fruit of it, that I get paid and can provide for my family, is good.
Many times, decisions are like roads instead of instantaneous change. We have many opportunities to abandon what will lead to the positive or the negative. We continue to follow God or continue to follow our own desires and wherever they lead us.
Why do I make the decisions I do? What are my fundamental decision-making assumptions? Am I seeing God correctly? Am I interpreting events correctly? Is my logic flawed? Is my faith strong? These will certainly steer my decisions.
I'm really looking into all these things. I believe they are in process, but I do know that one decision, following Jesus, has brought tremendous fruit into my life. Joy, peace, purpose, life, restoration—definitely no regrets there. That daily decision tells me what I need more of.
I’m really interested to know what your decision-making process looks like. I would assume prayer and counsel, but anything else? How do process the options? What about when you have to make a quick decision? Anything you think of or try to remember?
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