Discovering the Art of Decision-Making
Faith-Filled Decision Making: Choosing Boldly with God
Discover how to make confident, faith-based decisions rooted in relationship with God—not fear.
Decisions, from the smallest to the largest, can have the most profound impact. Whether they are easy decisions or not, we can have confidence as a child of God that God’s heart for us is not in question. He is for us. The only thing in question is what are we going to decide? If the Lord has given us a vision or a dream for our lives and those we lead, what’s in question is what are we willing to sacrifice for that vision?
How easy would it be if the Lord simply wrote His will across the sky and told us what to do? Yet, that would be religion not relationship. If the Lord gave us marching orders like a drill sergeant, there would be no relationship required. We would be called slaves, not friends of God (John 15:15). The beauty of being made in the image of God is that He gives us freedom, choice and creativity with our lives.
Old time religion says, “It needs to look like this box,” when Jesus said he came to give us life - and life in abundance. What if God’s will for your life is less focused on what you do, but who you are?
So, in this season may we let go of the fear of making mistakes, as we attach our faith to what we’re doing, and gain energy, cheerfulness, and power. And may we enter into a whole new season of faith-filled decision making like never before.
«I have never called you ‘servants,’ because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you my most intimate and cherished friends, for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.»
John 15:15
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with Steve Backlund, Associate Director of Bethel Leaders Network.
Key Declarations for Great Decision-Making:
- I am not afraid of decision making, I trust in the Lord to lead me.
- I understand the times and seasons of my life, and I know what to do. (1 Chronicles 12:32)
- Any bad decision of the past is now being supernaturally worked out for my good and for God’s glory.
- Like Jesus, when I am making a decision, I look to see what the Father is doing and saying.
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