“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision...”
(Joel 3:14)
William James wrote, “There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.” I have personally observed that a life of neutrality leads to no place. Passiveness causes spiritual paralysis. The oldtimers would tell us, “Make a decision even if it’s wrong; God can correct a wrong decision but He can’t correct no decision.” In Acts 16 God corrected Paul on two wrong decisions; then he got it right on the third.
The worldly idiom, “Between the devil and the deep blue sea,” put simply means: you are in a difficult situation where two possible courses of action or choices are equally bad. This is never the case in a believer’s life; there is always God’s way! I generally counsel saints to deal with any known sin in their lives, make sure God’s Will is pre-eminent, claim by faith the fulness of the Spirit, then do what you want.
Who better can decide right than the above mentioned? One thing you can be absolutely sure of is: God’s way never leads out of the way of holiness. When Paul was stopped by the Holy Spirit from pursuing the two avenues mentioned previously, his honest intent was to please his Lord and glorify Him. The hardest decision is not between right and wrong, but best and better. Best is never as good as better! A random reading of the book of Hebrews proves this to be so.
Some of my readers need to make their long overdue decision by taking the first step. Then to continue putting one foot in front of the other. As you walk, be sure to tune your ear to that still small voice behind you saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.”
An Old Disciple
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