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Make A Decision, Part One

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“Wisdom makes one wise person more powerful than ten rulers in a city.” – Ecclesiastes 7:19, NIV

We make many decisions without a second thought. However, some decisions carry more weight than others. Determining what to eat for dinner differs from deciding what job offer to accept. We often make these tough decisions just hoping they are the right ones. Other times, we fail to make a decision altogether because we fear making the wrong one. Neither process honors the Lord. God desires for His children to be decisive.

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God Said Otherwise

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“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3, KJV

We receive advice daily. Solicited and unsolicited. Wise and foolish. We cannot control the advice we are given, but we can control how we respond. As Christians, we have to be mindful of the counsel we receive. We should only take guidance that aligns with the Word of God. The advice might not be wrong per se, but if God said otherwise, follow His instructions.

1 Kings 13 shows what happens when we value the counsel of people over God. Read it here.

The man of God from Judah was sent to Bethel to prophesy against a corrupt and idolatrous kingdom. God gave him specific instructions to follow after completing his assignment:

For the Lord gave me this command: “You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.” – 1 Kings 13:17 (NLT)

The man of God from Judah began to follow these instructions. He took a new route home. But on that road home, he met an old prophet who deceived him into consuming a meal. 

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How To Release Your Burdens

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“God will never put more on you than you can handle.”

We have all heard this saying, often to encourage Christians to grin and bear life’s hardships. Many falsely believe that it is a Bible scripture. This saying is a misquote of 1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV):

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

This scripture is about overcoming the temptation to sin – not mustering the strength to carry our own burdens. God’s will for us is quite opposite as detailed in Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV):

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