typically how we make decisions…

romans 12.1 in the message says, take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before GOD as an offering.  embracing what GOD does for you is the best thing you can do for HIM.  but then notice romans 12.2 (msg), don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.

this is a very important point.  most of us live our lives just like everyone else lives their life. we listen to our groups of friends and we just go along with the crowd.  we’re making our decisions like everybody else is. 

yet the bible says there is a better way.  the bible talks a lot about good decision making.  proverbs 3.5-6 (nlt) is one of the best known parts of the bible on decision making.  trust in the LORD with all your heart.  do not depend on your own understanding.  it says, do not depend on your own understanding. 

isn’t that typically how we make decisions – on our own understanding?  “this is my choice a, choice b, choice c.  my understanding of the situation is if i go that way ‘these’ will be the consequences.  those will be the pros and the cons.  if i go that way that’s where it will get me.”  then we make a decision. 

that’s how everybody is making decisions and most people are getting in big trouble.  they’re not depending on GOD to trust in.  why do you think horoscopes and psychic hot lines are so popular?  that’s kind of the way of the world.  i’ve always wondered about psychics.  why aren’t all psychics rich?  why aren’t they living in las vegas beating the odds makers?  why don’t they just retire after the superbowl?  if you think about it, you should never have to call a psychic.  if they’re psychic they’ll know your needs and they’ll call you.  not long ago one of the hottest psychic hot lines went bankrupt.  you would have thought they would have seen it coming.

just a thought from the front porch…