Devotion - Wednesday, October 20

Making decisions is tough. Sometimes paralyzing. In a sermon broadcast on ABC Radio in 1948, F. Eppling Reinartz identified the resources available to a Christian as we make tough decisions.

First, we are paralyzed, no matter how grave the decision. We understand that our decision will not have that great an impact on the world, or even on our own lives. God’s grace, and the gift of salvation have made the change in our lives to which everything else is window dressing.

He writes, “Christians don’t find it easier to make vital decisions that do others. Oh no! But our religion does give us insight and guidance which help us when, lacking them, we would find our thinking at a dead end.”

As persons of faith, we turn to God to assist us in our thinking. We turn to God in prayer. This has the effect of centering ourselves and our lives. The act of turning to God in prayer reminds us of that which is ultimately important. It clears the center track of our thinking so that God might travel through. Having reestablished our priorities, decisions come to us and take effect in our lives.

“When a Christian, facing a decision, says, ‘I’ll sleep over it,’ he means, ‘I’ll surrender this all quietly to God through the night.’” - You may be sure that whether that surrender is made while waking or sleeping, it gets results. “Rest in the Lord. Wait patiently for Him, and He will give Thee (to know) thy heart’s desire.”