How to Make the Right Decision Every Time by Karen Jensen Salisbury

Author:Karen Jensen Salisbury [Salisbury, Karen Jensen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2014-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

When it comes to asking for advice, it’s better to aim for quality rather than quantity.

The evidence that you have a God-given mentor relationship with someone, as Timothy had with Paul, will be that your mentor will have a good track record in their own walk with the Lord—you’ll see good fruit in their life and ministry. (See Matthew 12:33.) In addition, in their interaction with you they will be encouraging but honest and comforting but challenging, and their main goal will be your growth and success. When you have that kind of relationship with someone, you can, and should, ask for their advice—and you should follow it.

One Family’s Story

I have some missionary friends who had lived and ministered in a certain country for more than twelve years when trouble developed there and the army of a neighboring nation invaded. It was a precarious time. My friends sought the Lord and asked advice from their leaders and other missionaries about whether they should stay or leave.

The situation became fairly dangerous, and they felt led to return to America for a while, a little bit ahead of their regular furlough schedule. So they left people in charge of their church and Bible school, gathered up their children and other American workers, and came home. They spent the summer itinerating and vacationing, much as they would have done under normal circumstances. They prayed for their mission country, and so did many of their church members and friends.

As the summer progressed and the time to head back to the mission field drew nearer, they sought the Lord big-time about whether to go back. Thankfully many changes had occurred in the nation due to prayer. Even in the natural, conditions were starting to get better. It looked as if they might be able to return without a problem.

I was so impressed, though, by the way they handled this major decision. They didn’t just say, “We’re people of faith! We’re going back!” No, they sought the Lord’s guidance, and they sought out the advice of several other missionaries and leaders in their ministerial organization. In midsummer they told me they had planned a meeting with the ministerial leader of their region, as well as the person from the home office who was above that leader. My friends said, “We aren’t going to buy tickets or make any plans to return until we get the green light from them.”

Keep in mind that they had been missionaries for many years. They themselves had given advice to many, many other missionaries. They also had put in a lot of prayer over this situation. They were well able to hear from God themselves—they’d done it many times before. In fact, you could say that on the mission field they lived by the leading of the Lord every day! For them, seeking God’s guidance was a way of life and many times a matter of success or failure, even life or death.

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