We really do try to make the right choices.
Hours, even days, are spent on market research, conversations with trust confidants, and side-by-side comparisons to ensure no facet of the decision is unknown or overlooked. We pour through dearths of information to ensure we comprehend every last particulars. And when at last we are satisfied, or the time for deliberation has come to close, we make our choice. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse.
In this process it is easy to forget one vital step: prayer.
In the Information Age it seems impossible that there are aspects of our decision beyond our comprehension. Our seemingly supreme access to information gives us a false sense of security that can lead us to make decisions outside our best interest. For as informed as we may feel, there is still so much more we fail to grasp. This is why we must exercise prayer. Paul provided an excellent example of this practice:
“Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time—pray that our God will make you fit for what he’s called you to be, pray that he’ll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something.”
Let us humbly accept that elements of life are more than just data and statistics and embrace the one who can provide us insight into their function.