Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

by Kevin DeYoung

One of the virtues I appreciate most in others, and it’s a virtue I hope I have in some measure, is teachability. Are you willing to change your mind when another person’s case has more merit than yours? Are you able to hear good advice when it comes from some mouth other than your own and may even contradict your preconceived ideas? Are you willing to admit “I didn’t think of that” or “I see your point”? If no one has ever heard you change your mind about something, then you are either a god or you have mistaken yourself for one. I can say without a doubt that I make better decisions when I consult with my wife. I make better decisions with the elders rather than without them. I am wiser when I listen to my friends first. Now, of course, often you just have to decide things on your own. And sometimes you need to make an unpopular decision because you know it’s right. But for most of our decisions we would do well to simply ask someone else, “What do you think?” We spend all this time asking God, “What’s Your will?” when He’s probably thinking, “Make a friend, would you? Go talk to someone. There’s a reason I’ve redeemed a lot of you—because you do fewer dumb things when you talk to each other. Get some advice. You might just hear My voice.”