“And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.” Acts 9:6
“They” say, if you come to a fork in the road, pick it up. It would be great if life was that simple, but it isn’t. Figuring out what to do and how to do it requires uninhibited earnest. Life’s challenge is to become honest with truth and fact, rather than be predisposed by our preferences.
We must not hide behind notions that we are victims or short-changed. We must address the reality that our life is shaped by the sum of our decisions. There are no trial runs, no rehearsals. For our decisions to be right, our discernment must be accurate.
We cannot make our life become something just by thinking that’s what we want it to be. Rather ,our life is developed according to our reactions to what really is, not what we wish it to be. Positive psychology is essential to bear up under the responsibilities of life, but beware: it can also blind the mind to right discernment.
Right discernment requires that we embrace first and foremost Christ to be the Lord of all, unto having the utmost sincerity about His will to be done, instead of our own.
Right discernment necessarily involves our first priority being to “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33), without neglect or failure of consideration.
Right discernment will only be realized when our heart is singular unto proving what is right in the eyes of the Lord. Solomon went from being the wisest man on earth to one of history’s biggest fools because he failed to heed his own counsel: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
Right discernment is the blessing of God’s light upon those who deny themselves and take up their cross consistently to follow Him. “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.” (Hosea 6:3) “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that waverth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:5-8)
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