Then David asked the LORD,
"Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?..." 1 Samuel 30:8
A
new job. A new house. A new spouse. Should I? Should we? How can I? Questions
pelt our minds 24/7 like shot from a pepper gun. We poll the audience, phone a
friend, and often charge recklessly into a decision because it looks good on
the surface. Or, we freeze in place and never progress an inch from where we
started. Neither is how God designed us to live. He offers a better way. He
instructs us throughout His word to call upon Him about everything (Ps. 50:15). Everything? Even family
problems? Job frustrations? Loneliness? Depression? Yes, every-thing because He is that involved with our lives (Psalm 139).
When
David had a big decision to make, He first asked the Lord about it. The wives
and children of his soldiers had been kidnapped, and the grieving men blamed
him for it. Instead of retaliating in rage, or taking off on his own, David
first sought the Lord. The solution to their dilemma seemed obvious, but even
then, David’s habit was to ask the Lord. Because he had made it his custom to
seek God and wait for His answer, it was natural for him to go there first.
When our passions run high, anger burns fierce, and revenge boils in our veins,
we want to take matters into our own hands. We think the solution is obvious,
while forgetting that we cannot see around corners or over mountains like God
can. When we seek the Lord’s counsel on every decision, we can live in
confidence that we are on His side.
Final
Thought: Have you developed David’s
habit of seeking the Lord in every decision?
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