The Value Of Right Decisions 

 

We're faced with decisions every day of our lives. Here are some important questions to ask ourselves that will help us make the right choice:

 

  1. HOW WILL THIS HELP ME TO SERVE GOD? 
  2. WILL IT MAKE IT EASIER FOR ME TO SERVE GOD IF I MAKE THE DECISION THE WAY I’M THINKING? 
  3. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH IN RELATION TO THE DECISION THAT I’M ABOUT TO MAKE. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT IT? 
  4. HOW WILL IT AFFECT MY INFLUENCE ON OTHER PEOPLE IF I MAKE THIS CHOICE IN THE WAY THAT I THINK? ALL OF US HAVE INFLUENCE. WE’RE INFLUENCING PEOPLE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LIFE FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD. SO WHEN I HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE I NEED TO STOP AND ASK: NOW HOW WILL THIS AFFECT MY INFLUENCE. WHAT WOULD OTHER PEOPLE THINK IF THEY KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO DO THIS? 
  5. CAN I RECOMMEND THIS PARTICULAR THING TO OTHER PEOPLE? I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD EVER DO ANYTHING THAT I COULD NOT RECOMMEND TO THE WEAKEST CHRISTIAN. YOU SEE IF I CAN’T RECOMMEND IT TO THE WEAKEST CHRISTIAN THEN I OUGHT NOT TO BE DOING IT. STRONG CHRISTIANS OUGHT NOT TO BE DOING IT. 
  6. IF I MAKE THE DECISIONS IN THE WAY THAT I SEEM TO BE LEANING, WILL IT HELP ME TO GO TO HEAVEN? WILL IT HELP ME TO GO TO HEAVEN IF I DO IT?  


JESUS IN MATTHEW 16:24 SAID: "IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TO FOLLOW HIM." YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TO TAKE UP THAT CROSS. THAT IS THE CROSS BEARING OF SERVING HIM AND OBEYING HIS WILL. AND THE CHOICE IS YOURS TO MAKE. NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE AND THAT DECISION FOR YOU. THERE ARE A LOT OF BURDENS THAT WE BEAR IN LIFE. AND SOME OF THOSE BURDENS CANNOT BE GIVEN TO OTHERS. GALATIANS 6:5 SAYS: "EVERY MAN SHALL BEAR HIS OWN BURDENS." AND SO THERE ARE SOME BURDENS WE BEAR AND THERE IS THE BURDEN OF THE CHOICES AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN LIFE NO ONE ELSE CAN.

 


This is an excerpt from Bro. Lambert's GTKYB sermon "The Value of Right Decisions" #681.

You can download the full sermon by visiting: Getting To Know Your Bible