Are You Afraid of Making the Wrong Decision?

Current Teaching Series Life's Healing Choices

Are You Afraid of Making the Wrong Decision? Rick Warren — August 23, 2018 "He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake" (Psalm 23:3 NIV). Often we're afraid of making the wrong decision, and that creates stress. Maybe you're facing a decision about a major issue: "Should I hold on, or should I let go?" "Should I get in, or should I get out?" "Should I get married?" "Should I find a new job?" "Should I move?" When you can't make up your mind, you stagger through life. In fact, the Bible says in James 1 that when we remain double-minded, we become unstable in everything we do. The Greek word for unstable literally means "stagger like a drunk." But God says there is an antidote to our indecision. Psalm 23:3 tells us, "He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake" (NIV). We handle the stress of decision-making by letting God guide us. You may be thinking, "But I've tried this!" You asked God to guide you, but then you became more confused than before. You still couldn't figure it out. Now you wonder, "Why is knowing God's will so difficult?" Is God playing games with us? Of course not! God wants to guide us. He wants us to know his will more than we want to know it. Our problem is we often look for the wrong thing when we're trying to find God's will. For example, some of us look for a feeling. We want to be swept off our feet by some emotion so we can say, "That's how I know what God's will is!" Some of us want a methodical approach to God's will. We want somebody to give us a recipe or a formula to follow. Some of us take a magical approach to God's will. We're looking for God to do some fantastic sign — write it in the sky, call us on the phone, send us an email. All of these ways lead to frustration and cause us to miss God's will. God's will is not a feeling or a formula or something he wants you to be frustrated or fearful about. God does not want you confused, and he does not want you stressed over making any decision. He is there, guiding you every step of the way.PLAY today's audio teaching from Pastor Rick >> Talk About It What is a big decision you've recently faced? How did you seek God's will? Why does God want you to use the Bible to help you make a decision? What keeps you from trusting that God will guide you through every decision you have to make?

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Series Summary Session 1: The Reality Choice Session 2: The Hope You Need for Change Session 3: Letting Go and Letting God Session 4: The Housecleaning Choice Session 5: The Transformation Choice Session 6: The Relationship Choice Session 7: The Growth Choice Session 8: The Sharing Choice Session 9: Breaking Free from Abuse Session 10: There's No Recovery without Prayer PLAY TODAY'S BROADCAST

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