Decisions
The other day a scripture sort of popped out to me as I had the prayer tip in mind – Luke 6:12-13. It reads, “Now during those days [Jesus] went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles…”
Selecting the 12 apostles was an important decision for Jesus to make. He recognized that these 12 would be instrumental in carrying the Gospel message forward towards the inception of Christ’s Church. This was so important, in fact, that Jesus spent an entire night in prayer over this decision so that he would have no doubt about his selections. It is affirming for me to know that Jesus spent so much time in prayer about his apostles – it reinforces the idea that each apostle was there to serve a particular role for the sake of God’s will.
Although it isn’t every day that we are faced with such a lofty decision to make, we could still follow the prayerful model that Jesus displays in our own lives. When you are faced with important decisions, how often do you lift it up to God to allow God’s direction and input into the mix? When you do lift up an important decision, are you praying for God to ‘bless’ your own direction or is your heart truly open to whatever direction God would have you go? As we look forward to a new year, I invite you to make God part of your decision-making process at work, at home and in your own personal lives as you seek to live out God’s will for your own life.
Michael Maroon, Pastor of Prayer