Today's Daily Lesson comes from Luke chapter 6 verses 12 through 16:
12 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. 13And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 14Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, 16and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Before Jesus made his selection of the twelve disciples he spent long hours in devoted and intentional prayer, focused on the decisions of the future and asking God's help in discerning the way forward. He Himself did not know the way; but He asked God for wisdom and direction, and guidance over what he was to do and whom he was to do it with.
Jesus could have confidence in choosing the path and people before Him, because he had prayed, sought God's wisdom, and now trusted Himself to act with faith and confidence.
When we face difficult choices, or decisions which we know will determine much, our prayers can be our guide to being at peace within our own spirits. Prayer puts us in the will of God; and in the will of God there are no wrong decisions -- no matter what or whom we choose.
Facing a big decision? Pray about it; then be at peace. Even if you choose Judas, trust and be at peace.
Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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