God In Your Decisions
"Jesus doesn’t necessarily give specific answers. But the good news is he is with me in the unknowns."
What’s your name, how are you connected with P2C-Students, and what’s a fun fact about you?
I’m Sarah Robinson, I work on the Creative Communication team as an editor, and I love biking all year round.
What's an area of your life where you've seen God at work recently?
In making decisions.
What happened?
One morning, I needed to decide on how to respond to an invitation to speak at an event, but I really didn’t know what I wanted to do. I felt really anxious about getting back to the event organizers quickly.
As I biked to work, I realized that maybe my decision could wait until the evening. That night I was going to have a phone call with my sister, which would clear up some unknowns. Then I could make a more informed decision.
So while I still didn’t know what I would decide, I felt better because I had a next step.
Why did you think this might be God in your life?
This idea to delay my decision-making came to me out of the blue, so I think it is the Spirit leading me. The relief I felt seems like he was giving me life.
How is Jesus good news in your decision-making?
Decision making is really hard for me because I don’t know what to do with all the unknowns and all my competing desires. Jesus doesn’t necessarily give specific answers. But the good news is he is with me in the unknowns. They don’t separate me from him because nothing can do that. He’s with me in the process of deciding, and not just once I’ve made a choice.
In this specific situation, how did you respond to God?
I took the risk of emailing the people who are waiting for my response, asking for more time to get back to them. They were very understanding! And then the next day I was able to decide.
How can we pray for you?
Haha, pray that I make good decisions! But more importantly that I would continue to see how God is with me regardless of the decisions that I make.
God with me as I drink tea!
Bonus: More thoughts on decision-making
Choose your own adventure: Breaking down decisions to a yes or no