Proverbs 29:25
The fear of human opinion disables;
trusting in God protects you from that.
Scripture
quotations from The Message. © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002
by Eugeterson. Used by permission of NavPress, Colorado Springs, CO.
All rights reserved.
Tough decisions are a part of
life…and I’ve had to make my share. I will be the first to tell you
that there were times that God told me to go one direction – and people
told me to go another. And I struggled with which choice to make. When
Greg and I decided to leave “good jobs” with benefits and “security” and
start a new business, there were moments of trepidation. A lot of
people thought we were nuts…but we felt in our hearts that God was
leading us in a different direction. And was He ever!
Later in
my adult life, I adopted the mantra that “I’ll only move when God moves
me.” And more than once, He has done just that. He moved me into a
position with our church’s Praise Band…and eight years later, He moved
me out of it – despite the protests of several who thought I should
stay. God moved us from our “family farm” and the “dream home” we had
built there – and He has moved us twice since! He also put me in a
position to write these daily devotionals…and so far, He has not told me
to stop, despite suggestions and thoughts that perhaps I am too busy to
keep up with them.
I know that for every time I have listened
for God’s voice and trusted Him, there have been times that I have
missed the mark…that I have been swayed by the opinions of others – and
even the devil – and gone in a different direction. And those are
probably some of the times that just never felt “quite right” in my
heart. When we listen to God and trust Him instead of worrying about
what others might think, He always works out the details. There is
always enough time to get everything done…always enough of whatever is
needed to make things happen…always a peace and calm that we have done
what He was calling us to do.
God sometimes speaks to us through
the thoughts and opinions of other human beings…but we must be very
careful to ensure that we are hearing His voice and not theirs –
or the desires of our own heart. I pray that you trust God to give you
direction in all things…that you carefully weigh all influences and sift
out those that are human from that of our Heavenly Father, which is
always perfect.
I pray that you never “move until God moves
you”…and that you replace worry about these decisions with confidence
that He will never steer you in the wrong direction. May you learn to
trust God more fully for all things…and may you begin today.
©2015 Debbie Robus
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