This morning some bible verses came to mind about decisiveness. One such verse is Revelation 3:15-16, where John received a message from the Lord, stating, “I know you well—you are neither hot nor cold; I wish you were one or the other! But since you are merely lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth!” (TLB). Another was Jesus’ words from Matthew 12:30a, where he stated, “Whoever is not with me is against me” (Matthew 12:30a NIV). And another statement by Jesus in Matthew 5:37a, “But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’” (NKJV).

I find myself, too, wondering when people are neutral or undecided, as to how that can be. I feel like these are important times that we are living in, when people can too easily be misled by being inadequately informed or informed by inaccurate sources. Some choose to be apathetic, rather than to be informed and decisive. And yet I feel it’s important for us to be active participants in the society in which we live. That involves seeking accurate information, pondering it, and then being either “hot” or “cold” (not lukewarm), either “for” or “against” (not neutral), with decisive “yes” or “no” decisions.

Especially during these times it’s important to seek God’s wisdom for discerning truth from lies. I often recall about how when Solomon prayed for wisdom, that God was well pleased. Solomon replied to the Lord, “’Give me an understanding mind so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between what is right and what is wrong.’” “The Lord was pleased with his reply and was glad that Solomon had asked for wisdom” (1 Kings 3:9a,10 TLB). As has been historically true, Satan and his counterparts can be quite clever in their trickery, distorting the truth in ways that can easily deceive. Praying for God’s wisdom and discernment, then, is especially important in decision making.

Another relevant factor is that it is important not only to decide, but also to be ready to explain “why” and to do so in a kind way, as is indicated in 1 Peter 3:15b: “if anybody asks why you believe as you do, be ready to tell him, and do it in a gentle and respectful way” (TLB). I would further say that in doing so, to try to leave emotion out of it, because where there is emotionalism, there is no reasoning. In fact, people are more often than not turned off by emotionalism. When we seek factual information for making decisions and use factual information in explaining to others our decisions, then there can be reasonable discourse.

So how about you? Are there things you are currently vacillating about, lacking a clear decision about? May God grant you His wisdom in becoming decisive.

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