This week I have been reviewing past posts and I found that this
was one of the most widely-read back in the early days of Purposed
worKING so I thought it worth reposting today....have a great weekend!
"...Don't look back."
Good decision-making is a skill. Not everyone makes the best of
decisions and all of us would be really lousy at it if we didn't have
others to bounce decisions off of before we make them. I find that the
worst decisions are the ones that are made without the advice and
counsel of trusted advisers and counselors. I have found myself, more
than ever before, telling people that they need to "pass the ball at
least four times before they take a shot" (the motion offense). This
means that we should get the advice and counsel from at least four other
people before we make a decision. It appears harder to make good
career decisions today when everything is so uncertain. If it is
unclear about the security of the company, then it is very hard to have
certainty about one's own job or career. So, decisions about career and
work are really hard to make right now. What is still true though is
that good decision-makers are ones who when they make the decision, they
stick with it, follow-through and live with the consequences and the
responsibility of the decision. A decision that is not followed-through
was not really a decision at all. We all get faced with these, tens of
times a day, and we have to either stick with the decision or be
wishy-washy and flimsy in our decision-making.
We all know which type of
decision-maker we would like to be, but it is clearly hard to be
resolute and firm in our decisions. But, that is the example we are
given over and over in the Bible; that the decisions we make, we are to
stick with and not look back. There is no better example of that than
in Genesis 19:17 and the story of Lot and his wife. The Angel was clear
when he said; "...Don't look back". How many times do we know that are
not to look back, but we do, because we don't trust our decisions?
Fortunately, we don't turn into pillars of salt each time we do, but we
do in some way erode our own confidence and the confidence from others
when we are seen looking over our shoulders. Today, you may be facing a
decision that needs to just be made. Once you have prayed over it, and
received the counsel of your four trusted advisers, then make the
decision with courage and don't look back. There are other decisions
that you have made that you are now waffling and wondering if you made
the right decision. Again, if you prayed over the decision and received
your counsel, and then you made the decision feeling like it was the
best course of action, then before you go back on it, live with it for
awhile and follow-through to see if the decision turns our to be right.
You will never know for sure if you go back on the decision before you
allow time to prove it out. Firm decision-making is not easy for anyone,
but it is a skill that you can perfect. Now would be a great season to
begin working on how to make better and firmer decisions. Not just for
you, but for all the other people around you who look to you to be the
one they can count on. It is God that puts you in the position where
others look up to you and one way to be the example for them is to be
one who is known for "not looking back" on decisions made.
Reference: Genesis 19:17 (New Living Testament)
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