Friday I was rebuked by a brother-in-Christ at work and for that I am thankful.

How much I pray for ‘eternal-perspective’ and yet I missed it in this case. I am in a place where my career needs a different direction. God has put before me two, possibly three opportunities and I was rushing to make a decision on Friday with not much more than a quick prayer. This is an important decision as it will determine where 40+ hours of my week will be spent. It will have an impact on my walk with God, family, friendships, church and more. It deserves more than the quick prayer. Beyond that, God knows all the factors involved and what the future holds, what better adviser could there be! Thankfully my wife has been more faithful in seeking God in this decision than I have.

The direction given in my rebuke was to seek God in meditation on Scripture, fasting, prayer and advise from others over the weekend and I intend to. To be clear, I believe in ’sanctified’ wisdom and don’t suffer from bondage to “guidance”. If I am spending time in the Word and in prayer, worship and fellowship my decisions should become more and more like Christ. Shortly after becoming a Christian I had almost the exact same situation, three good opportunities and no clear direction. I sought God as much as I knew how at the time. I begged God to open my eyes to which one I should choose…no answer. Looking back, God blessed me greatly in that decision spiritually, technically and financially and even during the rough tech-bust years.

At the end of the weekend I may still not have any clear direction from God, but a decision will still be made and I will have hopefully honored God by seeking him first.