MAKING EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Time Frame

What is the time frame for your decision? Do you have to make a decision now, tomorrow, next week, or next month? Knowing how much time you have to make a decision can make the process a lot easier on you if you find that you have plenty of time that can be used for research. However, if you don’t have much time then be content to do what you can. No one can logically expect you to be the bionic brain. You need information to make a decision and limited time means limited information.

Judge by Senses?

Consider the decision making process that we have discussed so far. It involved the acquisition of information, the processing of that information, and then a decision based on the process. Notice, in an absolute sense, there seems to be no provision for God to intervene in the process. However, that is not true. There are plenty of places for God to intervene in the decision making process if we include more than the senses that we have, the knowledge, and abilities that we have. Consider the following scripture.
(Isaiah 11:1-3 NIV) "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. {2} The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him-- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD-- {3} and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;"
This scripture is a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. However, I want to point out something that this scripture reveals. It reveals a decision making process that is not dependent on what is seen with the eyes or heard with the ears. In a general sense, we can say that this decision making process is not dependent on the physical senses. What then is the bases of this process? These scriptures reveals the answer to this question. It says that The "Spirit of the LORD will rest on him-- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD."