When God wakes you up at 4:00 a.m.
As you know, there has been a lot going on in my life this week.
Yesterday was such a day. You can read about it here.
This morning at 4:00 a.m. God woke me up. I’m sure many would say it was because of stress. Some of it might have been but God certainly had some things to say to me.
While I am exhausted now, I am very much at peace about all the decisions I am having to make, which brings me to this post.
I find that when most people talk about compassion, they throw out common sense and logic. It’s so easy to have a knee-jerk reaction because we want to feel magnanimous. We don’t think through our choices. And, as Christians, we can really get messed up sometimes because we’re not familiar with all of Scripture. And the totality of scripture more times than not suggests that compassion should be tempered with thoughtful intelligence.
An example might be when someone feels compassion for a family member or friend who has a drug or alcohol addiction and contributes to that addiction by a gift of money. One could still help but in a way that doesn’t encourage bad behavior.
I thought of every parable. I thought of every healing. I thought of every lesson taught throughout the Bible. I thought of the Proverbs pertaining to wisdom.And all of that helped me work through the issues.
I have a supernatural peace now that scripture promises when we bring God in on our decision-making process from the very beginning.
Here’s some links to past posts about making decisions:
My experience with how God helps us make good decisions
How to be absolutely sure God is leading us. (part 1
And then there is a post that seems contradictory. You’ll have to read it to know what I’m talking about.
Why we don’t always have to ask God about every decision.
Anyway, hope this helps you today if you have some big decisions to make.
God bless and have a good one.
