Hmm, yesterday's sermon was interesting.
About decision-making and the will of God...the mind-boggling issue that gets everyone thinking..
As Christians, we have always been having the thought or assumption that when there is an "open door" to a certain opportunity in life, we take these open doors as "signs" from God, telling us that this is what He wants us to do or in other terms, basically His will for us. And i have to admit, i'm guilty as charged, falling under that category of mindset as well..right until yesterday..
So often we say this scripted prayer to God, especially in areas of our lives which need major decision making, saying "Lord, if it is Your will, please open a door for me and i will follow" and when circumstances / coincidences in life seem to fit our prayer request, we almost immediately take it as a confirmation from God and thus make our major decision based on that moment's circumstance. It's basically like a man contemplating to buy either a Mercedes S-class or a Proton Perdana and he prays to God for a sign and so happen, on one particular day, right after church, he drives out and sees a few Mercedes on the road, no Proton Perdana at all and coincidentally as well, it was announced on the local media that petrol price will not increase any more than RM2.70 a litre but will drop by 15 cents! Duhh, the signs are there! Of course you should get the Merc! I am sure that anybody in his position would immediately and easily mistaken those coincidental moments as a sign of divine revelation from God!
And what's weird is that, these circumstances or coincidences have significance ONLY when it concerns our lives..when it doesn't, it is just another passing thing.
Should that be the way?
Anyway, a few things i managed to grasp from yesterday's sermon was this. God gives us lots of open doors in life, and not just one. It is His will for us to learn how to make the right decisions and be responsible for the decisions we make. And this is an area which we all need to work on, because we are sometimes afraid to be accountable of our own decisions. Should anything go wrong along the way, it is always easier to put the blame on someone else rather than ourselves. Basically, that's pride already..
About decision-making and the will of God...the mind-boggling issue that gets everyone thinking..
As Christians, we have always been having the thought or assumption that when there is an "open door" to a certain opportunity in life, we take these open doors as "signs" from God, telling us that this is what He wants us to do or in other terms, basically His will for us. And i have to admit, i'm guilty as charged, falling under that category of mindset as well..right until yesterday..
So often we say this scripted prayer to God, especially in areas of our lives which need major decision making, saying "Lord, if it is Your will, please open a door for me and i will follow" and when circumstances / coincidences in life seem to fit our prayer request, we almost immediately take it as a confirmation from God and thus make our major decision based on that moment's circumstance. It's basically like a man contemplating to buy either a Mercedes S-class or a Proton Perdana and he prays to God for a sign and so happen, on one particular day, right after church, he drives out and sees a few Mercedes on the road, no Proton Perdana at all and coincidentally as well, it was announced on the local media that petrol price will not increase any more than RM2.70 a litre but will drop by 15 cents! Duhh, the signs are there! Of course you should get the Merc! I am sure that anybody in his position would immediately and easily mistaken those coincidental moments as a sign of divine revelation from God!
And what's weird is that, these circumstances or coincidences have significance ONLY when it concerns our lives..when it doesn't, it is just another passing thing.
Should that be the way?
Anyway, a few things i managed to grasp from yesterday's sermon was this. God gives us lots of open doors in life, and not just one. It is His will for us to learn how to make the right decisions and be responsible for the decisions we make. And this is an area which we all need to work on, because we are sometimes afraid to be accountable of our own decisions. Should anything go wrong along the way, it is always easier to put the blame on someone else rather than ourselves. Basically, that's pride already..
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