Clear Direction

This morning I was really moved by this sermon! I pray it encourages you as it has me! Blessings to you all,

Tonya

1-9-13. Charles Stanley

http://www.intouch.org/broadcast/today-on-radio

Having Clear Direction (pt.1)

How can I be sure I'm making the right decision ??

Ps 25:12

 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

How do we have clear guidance?

1.  Clear the pathway... God has to get us ready to hear his discernment ...

**Clear it of sin ( sin fragments our thinking, confuses us) 

**Clear it of strong desires (submissive neutrality, to a place where no matter what we want we need to submit our wants unto him) a pure heart and clear direction go together ... 

^Repent and submit^

2. Exercise  patience...refuse to rush in ahead of Gods timing...

Back off 

Psalm 27:14 KJV

[14] Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord .

 

It takes a great deal of strength to wait 

Psalm 25:3 KJV

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

You will never be ashamed waiting upon the Lord.  

And when he says MOVE, move!!  When the direction is so clear yet we have fear, we can still move with confidence!! 

The stronger my desire the harder it is. To wait... 

3. Be alert to pressure... 

Exterior (people will tell you how you ought to think and what you should do...this is unreliable...people will tell what THEY want for your lives and it has nothing to do with how God wants it to go...

*Godly advice is different 

 You have to be extremely careful! 

It can be one person or many...not listening to everyone's opinion...you better sift all the advice you get through the word of God...you may have to make a decision that goes against what others think

Circumstances...time never runs out on God...no matter what the circumstances, do not step in to something because of the pressure of your circumstances 

Internal pressure... Fears, anxieties, attitudes, exaggerated feelings (should oughts musts)  ... Be careful you don't listen to the wrong voices ...