There is a time that you need to just stop and take action. Yes, I know I am the guy who says that you need to wait on God to lead you. That is very true, but there is a time, when you need to stop waiting and praying, and you need to take action.
Marie Beynon Ray speaks some wise words about not taking action when she said, “Indecision is fatal. It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you’re wallowing in indecision, you certainly can’t act—and action is the basis of success.” Stop a minute and let those words sink in! When you get into a habit of indecision, you accomplish nothing. You are so focused on doing the absolute best thing, that nothing gets done at all. There is a place for waiting, but a habit of waiting and waiting is not healthy. Pray about it and wait on God’s answer. Surely God will answer. While waiting, ask God to show what action you need to take. Waiting for God’s absolute best may just keep you from seeing exactly what God is telling you to do.
James was the half-brother of Jesus. They shared the same mother but had different fathers. He was a key leader in the Jerusalem church of which he was one of the “pillars” of that church. In James 1 he discusses the need for you not to be indecisive in your walk with Jesus, “But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (vv. 6-8). Notice, when you are a “double-minded man,” you “ought not to expect that you will receive anything from the Lord.” In other words, do not be indecisive in your decisions.
Get off that fence of indecision. The time to act is now!
