Daily Huddle - Fri Aug 21, 2020 Choose

Love you all, praying for you,
 
Have you ever noticed how important decisions are in your life?  The decisions you make?   There are small decisions and big decisions, and what you do with the little ones… what you choose, and even how you arrive at these decisions, usually indicates what you will do with the big ones.  Some decisions require seeking the LORD – other decisions should be no-brainers, Have you noticed that some people keep seeking God on things He’s already been clear about?  The difference between successful and unsuccessful people – rich and poor – good and evil – skilled and unskilled – comes down to the choices they make.  One person’s decisions opens doors of opportunity, another person’s decisions perpetually lead to loss.  Prisons are full of people who made poor decisions, wrong choices.  Poor decisions always get you in a prison of some kind… penitentiary, dead end job, miserable marriage, disrespectful children, missed opportunity, success-limiting circle of friends, unfulfilled dreams.  All these are the result of uninformed or un-submitted decisions.  Even getting up in the morning – and what time you do – is a decision.  Life is full of them.  Some people choose well, others do not.  So how do you improve your decision making ability?  So the life you live reflects the decisions of the wise, not the ignorance or rebellion of the foolish?  The good news is past doesn’t equal future.  Oh Praise God!  What you decided in the past doesn't prevent you from choosing well now.  It might make it more challenging or difficult, but not impossible.  God is the God of the impossible anyway – so you’re positioned perfectly.  Any habit is just one choice away.  He won’t hold your past against you, if you ask Him for wisdom - He’s ready to help you right now.  You are often presented with two roads – which lead to completely different places.  So how do you get better at decisions that prevent delays or failure and accelerate your success?  God says above all else – get wisdom.  That means PRISM – His Word - is Step 1.  It is an investment in good decisions and good decision-making ability on a daily basis - so you already have it when you need it!  When you - Praise the Word – and the Holy Spirit comes and inhabits it, that’s who leads you into all truth.  The best poor choice prevention – is walking in God’s will for you – PiVAT will reveal what His plans are for you today!  – PRISM will reveal how to do them, why they work, and how much He loves you.  4C’s will help you obey with the resources God has entrusted you with, so the resources God provided are still available for the decisions He wants you to make, and so your giving at His direction can release more when you need them.  Read the Word – that required training of kings – will give you wisdom, God’s truth, and multiple examples of the wise, and wise decisions, as well as the foolish and the result of their ignorance or disobedience.  Insight from the Word – that’s the wisdom book the (good decision book, the good choice training book) - that you need to live out of and feed on daily – if you want to become skilled in making wise decisions.  It will impact your life and generations that will follow you.  Wisdom will always prosper you.  Humility and the Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.  Study the Word – that’s God downloading through the Holy Spirit the specific details of what wisdom looks like for you in your life and your present situation.  (If you ask Him, and do PRISM with your spirit, not with your mind).  God’s timing is impeccable.  If you are faithful in PRISM – it’s the way God can give you the wisdom you need – for today - when you need it!  So your decisions are His best for you, not what you or others think – might work…  Praying that you will get addicted to wisdom, because you are humble, you fear God, and you pursue it.  You can get it by asking - and then walking in it!  Praying that you will make a habit of bringing every decision you face – to the One who holds all wisdom in His hand, and gives it to those who ask.  Your PiVAT Decision Tool will really help you.  It’s discovering God’s will for you – using the methods He prescribed.  God not only will give you the right decision, He will lead you in how to discover it, to hear clearly and correctly – so you can move forward with joy, or wait on His best, or His best timing.  Praying that your first decision is to seek wisdom, so your other decisions follow suit.  Praying that PiVAT and PRISM, your 4C’s and Daily Call – establish you in the testimony that comes from the wisdom of obedience, so that you're not just successful, but fruitful.  So God gets the glory and you share in the blessing. 
 
Love you all,
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