Good morning! I hope you had a refreshing weekend and are starting your week with your batteries recharged.
Life is very fluid and situations change sometimes from moment to moment. Just when you think you’ve got the course lined out and all the answers in hand the situation changes or another scenario is presented. I find in leadership that this fluidity of circumstances tends to be more of the norm and less of the exception.
Times of uncertainty and ambiguity can be very stressful and tiring. There comes a point where your insight and wisdom just don’t seem to be enough. No matter how much you massage a matter over in your mind, you just don’t come to a conclusion that seems to provide some measure of peace or closure.
So what do you do with times like these? For some of us we just choose to mentally mull it over further. Others of us allow these things to become a point of worry and pre-occupation. The Bible, however, gives us this bit of instruction:
If you need wisdom—if you want to know what God wants you to do—ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.
Ask for help…now that’s a novel idea!!!! God invites us to allow Him into our problems and quandaries. God is giving us permission to tap into His wisdom…which by the way is unlimited and immeasurable. Notice the words…ask him, and he will gladly tell you. The King James Version states that God gives wisdom “liberally.” Unlike others, God won’t even look down His nose at you for asking.
Let’s face it, the greatest counsel you can receive is the wisdom of those who have been there or have a greater vantage point than you do. God fits both of these criteria. He has been there, is there and will be there. He sees not only the past and the present, but He sees eternity in the same picture. He sees the things 1, 3, 5, 25, 100….years out, and He sees the effect of today’s decisions on tomorrow’s future.
This week you may be facing some dilemmas of your own. The invitation has been extended. Why don’t you spend a few moments and ask for wisdom from the source.
Until next Monday, may God’s richest blessings be yours this week.
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