Decision making is indeed a very complex process! It calls for time to study, evaluate, compare notes, weigh both the immediate and long term consequences ,before making a move!

That said, the truth of the matter is that some people make decisions only to go back time and again! Here are some examples!

-Do you recall the history of the children of Israel? While in Egypt, they pleaded with God to remove them from there! At the fullness of time, God sent Moses for that mission. However,the journey that was supposed to take them but one week, took them 40 years! Why? Because of the hardness of their hearts! Moreover, of the 2 million people that started their journey to the promised land, only 2-Joshua and Caleb made it! Besides constant whining and complaining, they surprisingly remembered Egypt and wanted to go back! They particularly cried for meat and some fruits!

-Do you recall the story of Ananias and his wife Sapphira as found in Acts chapter 5? Their act of changing their original decision did not go well with them! They perished in the presence of the apostles!

-The Apostle Paul’s language to the Galatians believers,”You foolish Galatians! who has bewitched you!( Galatians 3:1.) goes to show how disappointed he was with their change of decision so soon!

-Silas changed his mind and decided to leave the Apostle Paul alone during his second missionary trip(Acts 15:40-18:23.)

What about our time?

-In all circles of life-work, school, home, faith, etc, there are people that you can never count on. Every time you see them, they have
a different story.

How does God view this tendency pattern of behavior? Let the apostle Peter tell us:

“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it is happened unto them according to the true proverb. The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. (2 Peter 2.20-222.)

Ever taken time to check out on how you arrive at decisions and on whether or not you keep such decisions! Can you & I be trusted when it comes to standing by our words?

Just a thought

Pr B
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www.themaranathasdachurch.org

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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:54:21 -0800 [05:54:21 PM CST]
From: Absalom Birai
Subject: Re: The tendency of going back!