There are decisions that make little difference in our lives. Whether to wear the white or blue shirt. Whether to choose the chicken or beef burger. Whether to watch a movie or walk in the park. The differences and consequences are minimal.

But there are some decisions which impact your life for a long time, sometimes even forever. Who you marry, the career choose, where you’ll live. If you’re going to have an active faith, and in what.

When I look back, I notice that some decisions, around ten or less, deeply influenced my life. They were good decisions, crucial ones. Sometimes I stop and think about how easily I could have gone the other way. Married another person. Fallen into temptation. Given up in a time of discouragement. Thrown in the towel. Listened to my heart.

But thank God, and His wonderful mercy, my mind was illuminated and I made the right decisions. I reap the fruits to this day. But God didn’t make the decision for me. He simply presented the options, advised me according to His words, and gave me the liberty to choose for myself. I’m the one who preferred to hand in my freedom and let His words prevail in my life. It wasn’t luck, or some sort of super intelligence. It was submission. Obedience.

When we want to be self-righteous, we normally do dumb things. When we recognize we’re idiots before God’s wisdom, and decide to follow it, we become wise.

Big decisions don’t always seem so big when we make them. You’ll only be able to see how fundamental they were in the future. But how will you know that?

The best thing you can do is to obey the One who knows best.

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