Re-ordering our decisions.

Discernment and Obedience

Discernment = The practice of seeking God's call in the midst of the decisions that mark one's life - Elizabeth Liebert

Keep discovering the Spirit of Truth.

Discernment isn't about outcomes. It's about growing more aware of the character and voice of God.

Learn to listen.

Walk in obedience.

"On this day when we celebrate King’s presence in the world as a champion for justice, it is good to be reminded that it was King’s keen spiritual insight and attunement with the heart of God that made it possible for him to know what many Christians, clergy and other well-meaning individuals had somehow avoided knowing—that racism is an offense to the heart of God and contradicts the essence of the Gospel.

The soul force to which King often referred was the 'force' of God-directed action motivated by love and emerging from the soul of a person who was in touch with the Spirit of God. It was strength of soul that made it possible for King to live within the paradoxes inherent in a non-violent approach to confronting evil. 'Through nonviolent resistance we shall be able to oppose the unjust system and at the same time love the perpetrators of the system.' This is just not easy to do and it was King’s spirituality that kept his activism grounded in such radical truth."

- Ruth Haley Barton

What decision are you trying to make?

What decision will you be required to make in the near future?

Who around you is making a decision that you could step in and discern with them?

What decisions have you already made that you need to go back and invite God into?

How is God inviting you to discover more about the Spirit of Truth?

How will you practice listening to God this week?

Where is God inviting you to be obedient to what He has said?

Entering into discernment means becoming increasingly able to notice where God is at work in the world and in one’s own life, and, God willing, increasingly generous with one’s own life in response. - Paraphrased from Elizabeth Liebert