Anyway, last night I was flipping through the channels and it landed on the aftermath of the bachelorette show where Ashely was being interviewed with her new husband J.P. and the other dude Ben.
She was asked the question,"What helped you decide between (the other guy) Ben and J. P.?" and I almost choked on my mouthful of Almond Joy when she said something like,"Well I just followed what my heart said and that's how I made my decision".
There are a lot of things in a persons heart. There is love, kindness, evil, lust, selfishness, arrogance etc., etc. . .It is a spreading philosophy that we should rely on our hearts for direction in tough decisions. Is that really a trustworthy source for weighing options and finding the more solid one? I think we need a better method for decision making. I think Paul had the same concerns with the Colossians when he wrote:
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and basic principals of this world rather than on Christ. (Colossians 2:8, NIV)
I think Paul knows what he's talking about. Instead of trusting deceptive emotions we should put our trust in Christ and lean on him to make decisions. If we aren't trusting God when the going gets tough, we aren't trusting Him at all. Do you really think that God is going to give you faulty advice or let you down when you ask Him for guidance? You can make the decision a little easier by doing what the disciple Peter says:
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7, NIV)
So don't hold all the pressure on yourself, cast your worries to God so it will be easier to weigh the choices in a tough decision. I can almost hear some of you screaming, "Well how else can God help me decide, I've never heard Him speak!". Well God does speak, and He does it everyday. There is this awesome thing we have called a conscience. C.S. Lewis called it "the connection between the creature and the creator". That is seriously what it is. Has your conscience ever given you bad advice, ever? When Satan was persuading Cain to kill his brother Abel, God was telling him quietly and persistently not to do it. That was Cains conscience. It was quiet because God isn't going to force anything on us but it was persistent because God loves us and wants us to do what it right.
Another way God can speak to us is by scripture. God speaks to me everyday through scripture whether it's an awesome revelation or just something to think about, it never fails. It's your personal guide for life, just open it up! In Paul's letter to Timothy he writes:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. . . (2 Timothy 3:16 NIV)
So please people, don't "look within your heart" when faced with tough choices. Just lean on Jesus, you can't go wrong.
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