Don't Second Guess Yourself! Sample

 STICK WITH IT

When it comes to making decisions, it’s best to ask God for direction, because He has a custom-made plan for your life. Once you’ve heard from Him, following through with His direction often means change, and change can be unsettling. It’s easy to second-guess yourself, or to feel uneasy or impatient when things don’t happen the exact way you expected. Because let’s face it, nothing is going to happen exactly the way you imagined it. Just come to grips with that fact and decide to stay in faith!

It’s going to take faith to see your decision through. Once you’ve asked God and made a decision, stick with it. He hasn’t brought you this far to leave you. He’s going to see you all the way through. So don’t second guess yourself. Refuse to doubt! First John 5:4 says that it’s your faith that overcomes the troubles and trials of this world. So keep believing God.

There was a time when I was pastoring a church and God directed me to move away, half way across the country. I knew it was the right thing but there were aspects about it that were hard. My sons and I had to leave everything behind and strike out on a new adventure. Meanwhile, my associate pastor and his wife, although excited about taking over the church, had to actually do it! 

I knew there would also be days when we’d all have second thoughts. I knew I’d think, “They get to keep what I poured my life into, and I have to forge out into the great unknown!” And I knew they’d think, “She gets to go have a new adventure, and we’re stuck here with this responsibility!”

In other words, there would be temptations on both sides to think or act in the flesh. 

The same will probably be true for you. Decision-making time is a crucial time of faith! Our solution was to sit down and take communion, reminding ourselves that we’d made this decision together, and our relationship was more important than all the feelings going on. Communion sealed the deal between us and with God. It was our step of faith, so we wouldn’t be driven by doubts. By that action, we vowed to keep our faith working during this process instead of letting our flesh win the day. You could do that too.