Knowing God's Plan for your life is essential in our Journey of faith. You must listen for God's guidance yourself. Many want someone else to tell them what God is saying. But if you are patient, God will speak to you too. So be carful, as long as you keep listening to people whose opinions don't align with God's Word and God's will, you'll be frustrated and get nowhere. When important decisions that affect the future must be made, you must be able to hear from God. You must also welcome feedback. Why? Because if you're not teachable, you're not usable. Now, the majority opinion can be valuable in run-of-the-mill matters, but when a God-given vision is at issue, first and foremost you must listen for God's guidance. You say, 'Isn't there wisdom in having a plurality of leadership?' Yes, even the best leaders have blind spots and need people with 20/20 vision in those areas. '...certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."' (Acts 15:1 NKJV) What was the result? '...Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them, [and] they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders, about this question.' (Acts 15:2 NKJV) How did the apostles handle it? They said: '...God, who knows the heart, acknowledged [the Gentiles] by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.' (Acts 15:8-9 NKJV) So after prayer and deliberation, the apostles wrote a letter to the church, saying, '...it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things.' (Acts 15:28 NKJV) And what was the result? 'When they had read it, they rejoiced...' (Acts 15:31 NKJV) You are loved!
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