"Teach me good judgment and knowledge:
for I have believed thy
commandments.
Before I was afflicted I went
astray:
but now have I kept thy word.
Thou art good, and
doest good:
teach me thy statutes."
Proverbs 119:66-68
Decision Making
I think that
life would be so much easier if
we had
perfect judgment along the way.
Solomon had
a reputation for the wise decisions he made.
It is
specifically wisdom he seeks when he became
king.
The fact is,
that we too, have to make daily decisions.
Many times
we make choices almost blindly,
without any
real assurance or even a hint
of what the
outcome will be.
We all want
to act decisively, because no one appreciates
a person who
can't make up their mind.
If a
decision is ours to make, we should do so,
with concern
for the well-being of others
as well as
ourselves.
I think the
most important virtue in decision making
is humility
~ the humble recognition that we do
at times
make poor decisions that may be wrong.
No one is
exempt, though some may be endowed with
a better
sense of judgment than others.
Yet, above
all, we should know in our hearts
that if we
have erred in our judgments,
but tried to
do what is right and in keeping with God's
will,
we can be
sure that for Christ's sake
our mistaken
judgments are forgiven.
That
assurance and that acceptance is most
important of all.
God's
judgments are perfect.
May the Holy
Spirit guide us in all our daily decisions.
"And this I pray,
that your love may abound
yet more and more in knowledge and in
all judgment;
That ye may approve things that are
excellent;
that ye may be sincere and without
offense
till the day of Christ;
Being filled with the fruits of
righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ,
unto the glory and praise of God."
Philippians 1:9-11
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