A Decision

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Psalm 73:24
Thou shalt guide me with they counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is -- his good, pleasing and perfect will.

These past few days I have had to make a decision. This was not an extremely difficult decision, but one that I truly wanted to be the right decision. What I mean is that I wanted it to be a Holy Spirit decision, not one of my own. I had the opportunity to take a few days with this decision. I was up one night with it. I prayed and prayed, “please God let this be your will, your choice. I do not want to make any decisions without your guidance.”

I have read in the Bible (Isaiah 9) that one of the many names for Jesus is “Counselor”. It is my experience to have made some pretty bad decisions in my life. Now as I try not to be “conformed of this world” (Romans 12), I wish to go to God, the Holy Spirit within me, to receive supernatural guidance from above. Whoa, wait a minute here!! “Supernatural”? My non-Christian family and friends must think that I have lost it for sure. “Supernatural” always used to mean “out of this Earth” or “another planet“. Now as a Christian my belief is that “supernatural” means “Holy Spirit”. He is in me and is there to guide me. I must admit, many times I forget to go to Him for help. What a gift to have and I am crazy not use it! It’s one of those gifts that were given to me when I became a Christian and is not seen. I cannot see Him, but I know He is there.

In the Old Testament the Bible stated that this counselor would be coming. In the New Testament the Bible showed that He is here within us. The death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection precluded His gift of the Holy Spirit to reside in us.

So, getting back to my decision making: I asked the Holy Spirit to guide me in this decision. I did not hear anything, but I knew that I should wait. There was no rush to have an answer. I could not sleep well, I was thinking about the worse scenario of the decision. The next morning after praying and thinking about it, I spoke with my husband about it. His answer to me regarding the decision was different than it was the night before. Well, that made me wonder, is the decision beginning to fall into place? Then shortly after that, I heard in my thoughts that I should enlist the person who the decision is about to get the answer.

Well, doesn’t that sound simple to you? It sounded too easy to me. Shouldn’t there be more of an answer from the Holy Spirit? You know what I mean… like words? After I put into place what I was prompted to do, the decision was a clear as a bell. What a relief!! It may have taken two days to get the answer to my decision, but all the parts of the puzzle fit into place. I didn’t get the, do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do, “Twilight Zone” sort of answer since it was “supernatural”, but I had the answer to my decision because it was from God.