Our personal success in our Christian lives will be governed by our willingness to seek God first. The consequences we meet today are a result of the decisions we made yesterday. And the decisions we make today will determine our happiness tomorrow. Notice how Jesus made life-changing decisions.
- Jesus chose. The key word in making decisions is to “choose.” We are not what we are today by accident. We are the sum total of all the decisions we have made in our lives, plus those times we did not make decisions. We arrive where we are in life by decisions and non-decisions, and we are responsible for both. Therefore, it makes sense to be like Jesus and control our lives and destinies as much as possible by choosing to choose.
- Jesus withdrew. When we make spiritual decisions, we have to withdraw from the world’s system so we will not make worldly decisions. Jesus withdrew from the world so He could spend time in prayer. He went alone to think His way through decisions. He went into the wilderness for forty days before beginning His ministry. He prayed all night before choosing the twelve apostles. He spent time alone in prayer before every major decision or circumstance in His life and ministry on earth. What Jesus did is no different than what we also must do if we are going to made the right priority decisions in life…
Our personal success in our Christian lives will be governed by our willingness to seek God first.
This article is from adapted from the God Is Able Stewardship Campaign by Elmer Towns and John Maxwell…
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