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Confessions of a Homeschool Dad
Dec. 1, 2006
How Many People Would Make An Important Decision This Way?
There's a lot of ways to make an important decision. God gave us a mind to determine what decision might be more honoring to Him. Prayer is always an important part.
But, after all that, what would you do to make the decision?
I will admit that my faith has been too small to do it the way thay did in the Bible:
[Judas has deserted and the Apostles are holding a meeting of the disciples to determine who will be his replacement.] "And they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed and said, "You, O Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosed to take part in this ministry....
"And they case their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles"
So, they used their brains to figure out the two best candidates. That makes sense.
Then they prayed to God to pick the right guy. Absolutely the thing to do.
And then they cast lots. Huh? Cast lots?
Apparently they, unlike me (at least up until this point!) had faith enough that God could make a choice through casting lots (which apparently meant putting each of their names on a stone, putting the stones in a jar, and shaking the jar until one stone popped out). That is, manipulating our physical environment.
Frankly, I never thought of that. I'm pretty sure that most of the Church would ridicule that method. I'm sure the World would ridicule it.
That's a pretty good sign it's the right thing to do. I'm going to give it a shot on my next big decision....
How about you? Could you do this for major decisions?
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Anyway, I don't flip a coin on major decisions, but I do think I sometime give God a choice between two things that I am pretty sure I already like anyway.