Our Astonishing Freedom
“We might have ten important decisions to make and a hundred possible pathways we could follow. We might wish that God would tell us exactly what to do, where to go, and how to choose. Yet Jesus only requires that we make sure our heart is good, our motives are pure, and our basic direction in life is right, pointing toward the ‘true north’ of the kingdom of God. We can, in good conscience, choose from among any number of reasonable alternatives and continue to do the will of God. In the end what matters most is that we seek first God’s kingdom and righteousness.
Jesus wants us to devote our time and energy to all the little tasks we must do every day, not just to the big decisions we have to make every so often. The little responsibilities we do prepare us for big responsibilities later on, good decisions in the little things set the stage for big opportunities later on, and faithfulness in things that appear to have only modest importance enables us to respond wisely to duties that seem—and perhaps are—very important.”
“If we truly seek God above all, then we will always be doing the will of God, no matter where our particular choices lead us, because seeking God’s kingdom first is God’s will. When we come to a crossroads with no signposts to guide our way, we then have the freedom to choose what we want, the confidence of knowing God will go with us, and the security of trusting our decisions become his will. In other words, we simply cannot lose. We cannot make a decision that is ‘outside’ the will of God because we are already ‘inside’ that will. As it turns out, the weightiest choice we make is never between two future options but between two ways of life, one for God, the other against God.” -Jerry Sitter The Will of God as a Way of Life
