Some advice

Bonjour from Paris!!!  Amaazing I can write a blog whilst over here!

I love today's passage - 2 Samuel 17.  So two Godly blokes advise King David on what to do regarding a certain situation.  Two men, two different pieces of advice, and a group of men to give judgement on which piece of advice is the best.

So, recently I have made a huge decision, and personally I asked everyone I could think of about what to do in the build up to this.  At the end of my quest to find an answer, I had a list of ideas about what to do as big as not only one arm, but two arms and probably both legs!  What was the result?  Well I ended up worse off than where I had started!  I was utterly confused and baffled.  Don't get me wrong, all of the opinions were relevant and had good points, all of the people  asked were people I trust.  But at the end, I had no idea which piece of advice to follow and felt completely snowed under and stressed out.  It was almost as if everyone had hooked their opinon onto me, and I was so weighed down and exhausted by the amount of hooks pulling in all directions that I lost sight of truth for a while.  As for what God had to say on the matter, well that kinda got lost somewhere in amongst the ideas and I didn't have a clue what He was saying.

So what does this mean?  Well often we need to make decisions of our own.  We are not going to live life without having to make some very big (and some very small) decisions.  So what do we do?  I particularly like David's approach in today's reading.  He seeks out two trustworthy, Godly men and gets advice from them.  He then runs the 2 ideas past the men of Israel to see which is best.  Then he goes with the majority vote.

How often in life do we ask person after person what to do?  How often do we become overloaded with opinions and ideas?  I definitely do it  because I want to do the right thing by God, but often end up with so much conflicting advice and so many conflicting thoughts that I end up  not pleasing God because I'm so lost in it all.  There is most definitely nothing wrong with wanting to please God.  This is a good motive.  However, to make life a bit easier, and to avoid drowning God's voice out, perhaps asking two really close friends, family members or church family is best.  If both answers are similar then obviously it makes the decision easier.  If they contrast, I guess we can take it to God or share with a few more friends, a community group or trusted family to see which piece of advice is better.  Easy.  And less stress on our shoulders! 

AND at the end of the day, even if we make the wrong decision, don't you think God would let us know?  Don't you think He is kind enough to point us in the right direction.  He has GOOD plans for us, not plans to laugh when we take a wrong path or make a wrong decision!  Not only this but NOTHING can separate us from His love, not even an innocent decision.  (Obviously purposefully choosing the wrong decision isn't a good plan, but an innocent decision is good right?  If it's not I'm sure God will let us know!).

Praise God for His wisdom and direction. 

Have a blessed day. xx