March 5, 2022 – “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions”

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. ² There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? ³ When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. ⁴ And you know the way to where I am going.”⁵ “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” ⁶ Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” John 14:1-6

So we have been talking about the phrase “OK, Boomer”, and digging deeper into the reasons for why people from different generations do not always agree with one another. At first we were looking at why people resist change – and one of the reasons we were examining revolved around trust. Trust in necessary in all relationships – our trust in G-d – our trust in each other. And, so we are examining different aspects of trust. So we are on reason two you can follow to help you to trust again after a painful experience.

Second Tip: Learn To Trust Your Choices and Decisions – so after deciding to allow yourself to be vulnerable, it is time to learn to trust – trust your decisions and your relationships, and trust G-d to always be there in your decisions, your relationships and your decisions about faith. Too many people give up their trust in G-d because they believe G-d does not give them what they want, or ask. The question we need to ask is not “G-d what have you given me lately?” – instead we should be saying “G-d thank you for all the blessings you have given me today.” A good exercise to try if you want to rebuild trust in yourself is to look at all the decisions you have made that have had positive outcomes – decisions around financial choices, career choices, health choices, and good friendship choices – make a list and remind yourself how you see G-d in these decisions. If you do not see G-d in your decisions and your choices, then perhaps you need to re-examine your decision-making processes.

In our lesson today, Jesus tells his disciples: “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. ² There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?” Jesus promises his presence not only in our faith, but in our decisions, and in our lives – including our eternal lives. But that requires that we put our trust in him. This is all Jesus asks – we are to trust G-d, which leads to trusting Jesus.

Let us pray,

Lord Jesus, everything else that seeks our loyalty and trust will end up being nothing less than sinking sand – for Christ is the solid rock upon which we stand. Help us to stand on this rock every day. Amen

Pastor Dave