Editorial September 6, 1982 Issue

On making right decisions

DeWITT JOHN

It's a hard choice, let's say. Confusing options. We mull over all those pros and cons, pray, then wait for a "leading"—something we hope will come like a clap of thunder, or almost a voice, or as an impelling shove. But nothing happens. We're still unsure which way to go. What now?

Divine guidance is always available in decision-making, so really the need is for purer spiritual insight. Consider Elijah's experience. Alone in the wilderness, discouraged by apparent failure but receptive to God's help, he learned that the divine presence was not to be found in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire, but in the "still small voice."^{I Kings 19:12.}

There's a human tendency to keep our eyes glued to those perplexing mortal options. Yet the most important decision is not which one of these we select. The big decision is choosing the right spiritual standpoint and then following through with what that implies. When we do this we gain new light on the situation.

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