Decisions
Blue Gen - Matt- ProWhat is hard about having to make a decision?
What is the confusion really about? Sometimes it's about not really wanting to know the truth about something so i play a game to be pretend like the answer isn't really there, can't find it, or make believe it is so complicated it must have disappeared all together. In this way it can be delayed because nobody could find it, but what i'm really running from is the lack of believing that i'm really going to be happy with the outcome...
I'm convinced we all have answers to many things but are afraid to act upon any decision that creates that feeling of having to be "boxed-in." That feeling that tells us we don't want to get stuck with the decision in case the last one was better but know it's too late to go back after having entered this new one and now here's the mess we didn't want. This all happens in our imagination of course because we haven't actually acted on the decision because of what we "think" is going to happen. We struggle with giving up what we have and wonder if what we'll get is better and if we don't know that we pretend not to know what to do either, hoping to avoid any pain made by acting on new decisions. Surely pain must be involved, doesn't all progress involve pain... there is no guarantee it won't cost you something. You'll exchange where you are for where you're going and you'll end up getting a few things unsuitable and a few things that feel better. Adjusting is part of life. The new things that are unpleasant will have to be worked through. The greater things are self-explanatory, they are just better and you feel how good was the change.
After Abraham was presented with a choice, he had to decide to offer up his current security/ success/future/promise of hope and greatness, yet He knew the answer without confusion, it wasn't hidden from him. He knew what to do. The hardest part of the decision was the ability to die to what he currently had then embrace the outcome of not controlling how it would play out once he had. Faith is not the mystery of not knowing what we are doing, nor is it the lack of understanding something so blindly act anyway, that's foolish, cause how could you then count the cost of your actions? When Jesus went to the cross it wasn't for lack of knowledge in knowing what to do or knowing His reward, it wasn't foolishly blind faith, or mindless-brainless faith. Faith was used to obey the death process then embrace life. Both Abraham and Jesus had to die to their dream before their dream could be fully embraced. And decision making alone does not cure us from having problems, we will still always have to deal with those. Jesus reaped eternal life for His decision but there are a lot of sinners left and many problems that still need attending to. Jesus and Abraham overcame by their ability to accept both the death and life process found in decision making.
One thing both used to fall back on to know if the decision was a wise one is that both used a promise first given to them by Father God. Find the Promise Father God made you then know this is the right direction.
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