How I Make Big Decisions
Julia Adams • July 14, 2018
Making big decisions isn’t always easy. Thankfully we have a Father who wants us to bless our decision making process. Here are the three things I always consider before taking those big steps of faith. I hope these help you the next time you’re faced with what seems like an impossible decision.
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So, today, I want to answer a question that often people ask me around how to make big decisions and how to follow the leading of God in those moments. And there are three things that I found has really helped me.
The first thing is to figure out where the fingerprints of God are on the decision-making process, so things like dreams, visions, particular words, uncanny coincidences, Scriptures that begin to speak to me about a possible direction and begin to confirm some things that have been put in my heart concerning the leading of God, maybe confirming prophetic words or sparking something of a desire to where God wants to take me in the season that I’m about to face.
And the second thing I have found that really helps me in terms of making a decision is to trust what God has put in me. Do you know, God sees you as a new creation, and He’s put good things in you. He’s put a new heart, which mean you’ve got new desires on the inside of you. And so, allowing God to lead me through those desires, allowing God to speak to me through what He’s built into me in terms of hearing His voice is really important. A little child needs to know and grow in hearing their father’s voice, so the father doesn’t have to keep telling them what to do. God invites us into the same process. He puts things in us, that we know what we need to do by listening to what’s in our heart.
And the third thing that I think is really helpful is discovering wise people around you. The Bible says, “He who walks with the wise, he himself will become wise too.” And so, look for wise counsel. Look for people you can speak to, people who know you, and people who call out the gold in you. You don’t simply see what’s happening through the eyes of the natural, but see through God’s perspective and people of faith, who help you make big faith decisions. Faith requires believing for the impossible even when it looks like it’s not possible. When you surround yourself with people like that, it begins to help you make wise decisions.
So, those are the three things. Look for the fingerprints of God, trust what God’s put in you, and find wise counsel. That’s how you make big decisions.
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