Well, in case you’re wondering, I have not yet this morning read Hebrews 11, as I set forth to do each day this week. But I will. Making that decision yesterday wasn’t a terrible difficult one, but I honestly hesitated. I had my own questions: Will I do it, when, why is it important? Without answering, I made the decision… the commitment, on faith, and then I was brave enough to share it with you all so that I would have some accountability.

That all said, I read an interesting quote this morning:

“Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.”
— Bertrand Russell, philosopher and Nobel Laureate

I don’t know about you but I seem to always have some things rolling through my head that I just need to make a decision on and move forward. For each thing in my head I could probably come up with a list of what I call “valid” reasons for not yet making a decision. Yet, if I go back to yesterday, go back to Hebrew 11, there is one word that would make my decision-making skills incredibly powerful: FAITH. More specifically, faith in God. Am I ready to hand over the future and consequences of my decisions to Him? That really is probably the main reasons why I hesitate on decisions. And if I would ask myself that question automatically during my decision-making process, and also pray about my decision in light of His will, I’d probably have a richer life. More sleep, less tension.

Philippians 4:13 – “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” In accordance to His will, of course. I must have faith that I can do incredible things. Faith isn’t another word for “just do it”, but faith (if I can modify my quote from an unknown source last Friday) is “accepting the will of God no matter what the outcome” and knowing that His desire is for nothing but the eternal best for my life.