DAY 8 – THE SECRET OF DECISION MAKING
The secret of decision making is to run into the secret place! Because to God it’s not only important what decision you make, it’s also important to Him how you come to make that decision. Jesus wants you making decisions from the fountainhead of intimacy with Him. The smartest place in the universe to be and to stay is right next to God! And the wisest thing you will ever do in this life is to draw close to God and to seek Him with all your heart.
Jesus set an example of decision making by going to the secret place when He choose twelve men to be apostles from among all those who followed Him. “And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.” Luke 6:12-16
When you pursue this intimacy, you will begin to unlock the greatest secret of life. Sometimes we tend to make life decisions based upon our appraisal of surrounding circumstances and conditions. However, the lord doesn’t want us getting our direction from looking outward but from looking upward. He wants us receiving life direction by beholding His beauty, enjoying His majesty and splendor, and then being guided by the gaze of His eye.
People who make decisions based upon external data become thermometers of society; their lives reflect the natural forces that shape their destiny but those who make their decision based upon what they see in God becomes thermostats of society; they influence their world through the forcefulness of bringing divinely received initiatives to bear upon this earthly sphere.
Intimacy precedes insight, passion precedes purpose. First come to the secret place, then comes divine guidance. God doesn’t simply want to get you on the right path, He wants to enjoy you throughout the journey. God’s primary desire for you is not that you discover His will and walk in it; His primary desire is that you draw near to Him and come to know him. God wants to be known! And then he desires that from that knowing relationship there come a tender walking together in His purpose.
