Are You Indecisive?

Indecision is deadly. Have you ever noticed that some of the most miserable people you know are those who can never make a decision? When the mind is in doubt, it is easily swayed by slight impulses, opening the door to many wrong decisions. Many times indecision causes things to go from bad to worse. The middle of the road is the most dangerous place to be. 

We believers should be the most decisive of all people. Leaders should have wills, not wishes. In James 1:8 the Bible says, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." An indecisive person allows instability to creep into every area of life. If we don't decide what is important to us, we will do only what is important to others. The greater degree of wishful thinking, the greater degree of mediocrity. Being decisive, being focused, and committing ourselves to the fulfillment of a dream greatly increase our probability of success, while closing door to wrong options.

The challenge is to be decisive dreamers. Harry Truman once said, "Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided." Even when we do not have all the facts available, we usually have all the facts needed to make a decision. The Bible says to let the peace of God rule in our hearts (Colossians 3:15). The Amplified Version tells us to let the peace that comes from Christ act as an umpire in our hearts. His peace can literally say "out" to that relationship. His peace can say "safe" to that business idea.

Of all matters, we should be most decisive in spiritual matters. If we're neutral in spiritual matters, we'll eventually find ourselves operating against heaven. Thank God we serve a decisive Lord. he has given us His peace and His Word so that we can make wise decisions. We should not be the kind of people who claim that God has told us one thing this week, and the very opposite next week. God does not change His direction that dramatically, nor does He ever direct anyone to act contrary to the good sense and sound judgment shown in his word.

God wants us to be decisive. As His children, we should be like our heavenly Father, with whom there is "no variableness, neither shadow of turning" (James 1:17). We should be people of great wills. If the devil controls our will, he controls our destiny. But if God controls our will, then He controls our destiny.

The choice is ours. Let's be decisive. Let's make the right decision. Don't be a person who says, "My decision is maybe, and that's final."
(From John L. Mason's "An Enemy Called Average")

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