Mistakes are made when we jump to conclusions. When we make the jump . . . we go beyond the evidence . . . without taking time to gather the facts and make a full evaluation. Our pressurized-fast-paced-immediate-need world rarely allows the time to be thorough.
Are you thinking about jumping?
Stop!
Take the time to evaluate.
The first thing we must do . . . is to take the time to seek God . . . to be aware of being present in the presence of God.
John wrote of the scene of people that were present in the presence of God; however, they did not recognize the presence of God. They jumped to conclusions. Jesus told them:
"Don't be nitpickers; use your head—and heart!—to discern what is right, to test what is authentically right."
(John 7:24, NASB)
There is always something more to be seen through the presence of God. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isa. 55:9 NKJV).
Stop.
Slow down.
Refuse to jump to conclusions.
Take the time to intentionally to be present in the presence of God . . . to know the higher thoughts and ways of God.
Learning with you to refuse to jump,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)
