It is Winter, but it feels like Spring. The rains have brought blankets of blooming flowers on the hillsides and an early garden is in the offing. From my upstairs window, I recently observed what I thought was an injured bird but realized it was a little chubby gopher being chased by his identical twin. Round and round they went, scurrying through the flowers and planting boxes of my garden!
The pair of squirrels that return each spring also made their first appearance and I watched them run across the deck, “be-lining it”, to check out the hole they had made in the garden mesh last year that gave them total access to everything yummy and nutritious.
Sooo…I started thinking about the dogged commitment these little fluffy mammals have. There is no double-mindedness here…there dedication is 100% all in! They have David Livingstone’s mind-set when he said, ”I am determined never to stop until I come to the end and achieve my purpose.”
Life is a continuous series of exchanges based on wise or unwise decisions.
Decisiveness is focusing on our destination, rather than focusing on distractions. And there are always distractions! Double-mindedness is the opposite of being decisive. James says, “… a double-minded man(mom) is unstable in all her ways and cannot receive from God.
We build decisiveness when we refuse to reconsider a decision that we know is right. Difficulties are overcome when our hearts are ready to harmonize with God’s will…over our own!
Daniel, a captured slave in Babylon, predetermined that he would choose to do what was right in God’s eyes…whatever the cost. Have you decided who you will serve? God has set before us “life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore, choose life, that both you and your seed (children) may live”.
Here’s a suggestion when at the point of decision:
1. DON’T – If it is the responsibility of others, let them do it.
2. DELAY – If it should be done at a better time, wait.
3. DELEGATE -If others can do it better, let them.
4. DO IT – If none of the above apply, do it!
Dr. Glen Heck
Have a great week!
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
