Decisions

        As one might examine my personal life, they might say that I am not particularly good at making the right decision.  I seem to sometimes make the wrong choice.  Take for instance the man who drives up to my house and says that I am the last one to whom he will make this offer for a large container of meat.  He is supposedly on his way home and this is the last one he has to get rid of.  For this, he will cut the price in half.  The original price of $300.00 is cut down to $150.00.  Who could refuse a deal like that.  I should have, but eventually along with the story of his wife with a steel plate in her neck and thousands of dollars of hospital bills, I buy the meat.  They eventually come to around $18.99 a pound.  Yep, another stupid decision.  So, now, I have more decisions to make, some involving my future ministry and my track record is not encouraging.  Where do I turn for advice?  Proverbs 3:5-7 says, "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."
         I have to say that I totally want to depend on the LORD for direction.  I like that phrase, "...and He shall direct thy paths."  Yes, I like that.  That's what I need and what I desire.   I want to trust God for His leading and not depend upon my own leading.  My own leading or where I think I should go often turns up with a big question mark on it.  That goes back to that phrase in the above passage that says, "..Be not wise in thine own eyes' and "lean not unto thine own understanding."  That's where the difficulty often comes.  We often endeavor to make our own evaluation of something and end up going in the wrong direction.  God has the perfect path.  All I need to do and all you need to do is to follow His instructions.  Is that something that is easier said than done?   May we all pray for one another that we would indeed take heed to God's instructions.  Not only this passage, but many other passages reveal our own stubbornness  and often, our failure to take heed to what God says.  So, beware the white van with a freezer in the back and follow God's advice at all times and in all things.  Praise God that He knows the way that we should go.