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| The Intelligent Choice |
| Some Christians walk under a cloud of uncertainty, worrying about which profession they should enter, which car they should drive, which school they should attend, where they should live and other such matters, when their Lord has set them free to follow their own personal bent, guided only by their love for Him and for their fellow men. |
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| On the surface it appears more spiritual to seek God's leading than just to go ahead and do the obvious thing. But it is not. If God gave you a watch would you honor Him more by asking Him for the time of day or by consulting the watch? If God gave a sailor a compass would the sailor please God more by kneeling in a frenzy of prayer to persuade God to show him which way to go or by steering according to the compass? |
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| Except for those things that are specifically commanded or forbidden, it is God's will that we be free to exercise our own intelligent choice. The Shepherd will lead the sheep but He doesn't wish to decide which tuft of grass the sheep shall nibble. God's choice for us may not be one but any of a score of possible choices. |
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| The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake. |
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou annointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over. |
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| Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever. |
| 23rd Psalm |
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