Obedience Based Decisions

 

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.

 

Acts 5:32

So often we as a society equate numbers with success.

 

Think about planning a conference for a minute... what would happen if registrations in regards to numbers, were not where they needed to be a few weeks before the date of the event, and you began to get frustrated about the level of attendance.

 

Would you immediately allow that to drive you to gather up more to attend or would you be satisfied with those faithful few that would be attending?

 

We are all called to be led by the Spirit, not by outcomes. If God called us to put on a conference, then the outcome is up to Him as we have done our part.

So the day comes for the conference and you know you have done what the Holy Spirit has directed. The speaker stands up and begins to welcome people as though there were many in the room (even though no one is in the room at all). He introduces his friend and they begin the meeting. A few minutes later, people start to straggle in and by the time the meeting is over, ten had shown up, and one man in particular was impacted by the meeting.

Being led by the Spirit often means we must not use the world's standard for success as our measuring stick. You never know what an act of obedience will yield at the time—we must leave the results to God. Our role is to obey and from our obedience we will see the results and blessings that God has in store for us, even if it was not what we had expected or planned on.

Do you make decisions based on the potential outcome or by the direction of the Holy Spirit in your life?

 

Do you overly evaluate the pros and cons without consideration to what the Holy Spirit might be saying deep inside?

 

We are all prone to make decisions based on reasoning alone, instead though, ask God to give you a willingness and ability to hear the Holy Spirit and to obey His promptings.