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Step 5 of 6 Steps on making wise decisions. Step 5 Prepare for Problems
Donald
Trump said, “I expect the best but I prepare for the worst.” That's not bad advice. In faith, expect the best. Expect GOD to work in your life. But also prepare for the problems that are
coming.
Five
thousand years earlier, Solomon said this same thing in the Bible, Proverbs 22.3
(TLB), “A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares to
meet them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”
The
wise person recognizes there’s going to be problems in any decision and
prepares for them. Even the Bible knows
about Murphy’s Law: If anything can go
wrong, it will. I saw a bumper sticker
the other day, “Murphy was an optimist.”
You can’t ignore problems because they’re not going to ignore you. Problems are inevitable; they are a part of
life. The wise person prepares for problems.
Ask: What could go wrong? What will happen if it does?
There’s
a difference between preparing for a problem and solving a problem. Big difference. Never confuse the Decision Making Phase with
the Problem Solving Phase. They are two
different things. If you have to solve
all the problems before you make a decision, you’ll be paralyzed before you
make the decision.
In the
spiritual realm this means you don’t have to have all of your doubts about CHRISTianity
and CHRIST settled before you make the decision to follow CHRIST. Listen, you don’t have to have all of your
doubts figured out before you come to CHRIST. “JESUS, I give all that I know
about me that I understand, to all that I know about YOU that I understand at
this point in my life.” The rest of your
life you’ll be working out all the problems, the doubts. I still don’t understand a lot that is in the
Bible.
You don’t
have to have all of your doubts resolved.
A man once came to JESUS: “I need
YOU to heal my son.” JESUS asked, “Do
you believe I can heal him?” Man: “I want to believe and I want YOU to help me
with my doubts, my unbelief.” JESUS: “That’s good enough” and HE healed the
kid. If that’s good enough for that man,
it’s good enough for you.
You
come and say, “JESUS, I give YOU all my life. I don’t understand and I have
some doubts and fears. But I’m coming
with them all.” You solve the problems
later. If you had to solve all the
problems before you make a decision then the decision isn’t made in faith.
Just a
thought from the front porch…
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