A Decision of the Will
Upon embarking on the spiritual life it must be warned that
you may encounter certain books people or places that evoke something curious
in us. Things never before considered or at least considered sane, things of
vision or maybe of visionaries none of which we happen to be- or so we say. But
nonetheless, they and we exist. And we are forced to face the facts about
ourselves and relinquish control to theses strange entities that call us forth
to the fate that only they seem to know- things that involve a decision.
I for one would wish
them to stop and leave me awhile in complete ignorance but only so long as it
takes me to miss them once that muse is gone. Sigh. Again I feel obligated to listen
and pick up the book, visit the place or speak to the person that got me into
this whole mess in the first place.
It must be acknowledged that when following these particular
entities that a little bit of discernment goes a long way towards curing a
whole bunch of scruples. This is the job of your pastor, best friend or guide.
Whomever you pick, let this be said in regard to that choice.
They have to have
the mind of God in mind. Tall order I know yet happily enough you can be
assured that God in his infinite wisdom will push us along.
You see the trick is remembering that we are all part of
God’s family and even though the first choice may not be the last choice,
starting somewhere is better than nowhere. God smiles when we make decisions,
even wrong ones in the end. That seems a little strange but bear this thought
in mind. Making the wrong decision may lead us to humility, humility leads to
trust, and trust leads to the Lord.
Prudence takes the high road here. God does not want us to
make rash decisions. We must pray over them, seek counsel and the decision
itself must be for our good and/or the good of others. That is only fitting.
But, once we have come to a decision the proper step is to make it. Final.
Jesus is certainly not agnostic and he never sat on the fence either. We may
not spend forty days in the desert fasting in preparation for the purchase of a
larger home, but forty minutes spent in prayer about it has hurt no-one as far
as I recall.
In the end you will choose the right path, you will receive
an answer. Maybe not the one you wanted but rest assured it will be to your
benefit. God writes straight with crooked lines as they say so don’t be afraid.
Let that book that place or that person have a say in what you do. As long as
we do it in the Lord, all is a blessing… even when we’re wrong.
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