Big Decisions
Dr. Rikki Permenter
You make your plans but God directs your actions.
Proverbs 16:9
Lately my husband and I have had a handful of big decisions to make. We’ve prayed about them, gone back and forth about them, sought wise counsel, and talked to each other about them. The big decisions we had to make weren’t things that were explicitly talked about in the Bible - the Bible was silent on these things. No where in Scripture did it say “do this” or “don’t do this” in regard to our choice. We were kind of stumped. Have you ever had to make a big decision and it was something the Bible was silent on?
After much deliberation we finally decided that if the choice we made would help us to do the things that are explicitly stated as “do this” in the Bible and would help us stay away from things that are explicitly stated as “don’t do this” than we would choose to do it. While every decision you have to make in life is not explicitly spelled out in Scripture, you do have everything you need in there to make God glorifying decisions.
This article can be found in print in the monthly Baptist Association of Southeast Louisiana newsletter.
