Proverbs 14:8-9

The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves. Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.

What does your future look like? Has a plan been made? Do you have it all mapped out to the last detail?

Wise planning.

Discipline.

Effort.

These things are needed to stay on the path God has led you to. You have to do your part. A prudent plan requires prudent daily decisions.

I don’t want to make a decision that is not well thought out. I have a circle of advisors who speak into my life regularly. They help me gain perspective from every angle. I understand the direction I’m going even if it means I don’t know the destination.

In the book of James, the brother of Jesus writes that if you lack wisdom, then you should ask for it and God will give it generously and without fault. He wants us to ask.

Always ask for it.

Foolish decisions lead you places you don’t want to go and leave you with consequences you hadn’t even dreamed of. Fools have hardened hearts and rejoice over their own sin and that of others. In reality, they need to mourn over their sin instead of laughing it away. They gloss over it with the perception of having peace. In all their joy over the wrong they’ve done, they step once more into another foolish decision.  And the cycle continues until a change of heart happens. Then, as God works in them and matures them, they recognize the foolishness of their ways and then understand there must be restoration. This in turn leads to broken hearts and lives being restored to move into complete healing.The joy on someone’s face as the transition happens is priceless.