“What do you do when you don’t know what to do?”
Are you serious, or are you presenting me with a conundrum?
“No. I’m dead serious. I have a decision to make as to whether or not to do something. I’d like to do it but I don’t know whether its something that the Lord would approve of.”
Ah. I see.
“And it’s been bugging me for days. I can’t tell you what it is, either. I have to keep the matter quiet until I decide. Without any data, do you think you can help?”
Possibly. Let’s consider the matter abstractly—strictly from the side of the principle involved.
“You mean, by something like whether or not I feel a prompting in my spirit or not. Or whether I feel peace about the matter? Both of those ideas have been suggested. But the problem is, I don’t feel anything but confused,”
Good!
“Good? What do you mean good? Do you approve of me being confused?”
Certainly—I’m glad you haven’t had any feelings that you interpreted as God’s direction. Those ideas are never taught in the Bible, and have led many people into serious trouble. To try to follow feelings as a
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