![]() He will grant us a favour and will make a way for us. This means that whenever we decide firmly to honour God through our decisions, God will make it possible for us to succeed. And the Bible says God caused the official to show favour and sympathy to Daniel (Daniel.1:9) This is exactly what Daniel demonstrated when he resolved or purposed or decided that he will not defile himself with the delicacies of the royal food and wine, and so he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Those that fear the Lord, have a continual awareness of Him, a deep reverence for Him, and sincere commitment to obey Him. We must, therefore, recognize that God is all-powerful and majestic in glory. He is all-knowing God and so nothing escapes his attention (Mat.12:36 Psalm 139:2 Jer. To fear God means that we must have the continuous awareness that God our Father is watching and evaluating whatever we say, do and think about. Therefore to attain wisdom, we need to fear God. Thus the fear of the Lord is the basis to true wisdom. The book of proverbs tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding (Prov.9:10 1:7). Here Daniel and his friends demonstrated their faithfulness to God and reverence fear. When we choose to glorify God through our decisions and actions, God is pleased with us and He blesses us with more gifts of wisdom, intelligence and makes us great and greater (Daniel 1:17). Your friends do not have enough information about life or they are ignorant, they may lead you to make wrong decisions which may have serious effects in your life. Your first and foremost counsellor is Jesus Christ and so whenever we are faced with a decision, we need to talk to Jesus and tell him all our fears and problems through prayer, then the next person should be your parents and then pastors/ teachers. (Prov.11:14).This means that you need quality guidance and counsellors to enable you to succeed in this life and also to make decisions that honour God. For the bible says that in the multitude of counsellors there is victory /safety but where there is no guidance, people fall. Sometimes it is better to talk to people and seek their guidance and counsel. ![]() One’s ability to make a productive and satisfying decision requires that the individual has adequate information, knowledge and a good understanding of the issue or the problem at stake. ![]() Sometimes these decisions are also influenced by cultural and moral issues and yet other times it is basically influenced by peer pressure or because my friends are doing it or because they said it is good without necessarily giving it enough thought and prayer. Thus life is full of making decisions and these decisions are driven by choices, motivations, needs, fears, satisfaction, desires and faith. Daniel’s Decision - The power of Decision making (Daniel 1:8)Īll over the world, a countless number of people spends huge hours of their time making decisions about school/ education, work, travelling, productions especially in industries, finance, whether to make babies or not to make babies, whether to go to church or not to, whether to accept Jesus as their saviour and Lord or not.
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