While there may be times more thought and prayer must be put into a decision before moving forward, or other legitimate reasons, sometimes an inertia in decision-making is the result of procrastination … habitual delays rationalized by lots of excuses when in reality, you just didn’t feel like doing it.
Christ-like Decision-Making Guards Against Procrastination that Results in Delayed Decisions:
Read through the Gospels and you will discover that Jesus knew His purpose which caused Him to move on when it was time. He had a real passion for doing the work of the Father which kept Him advancing the kingdom. Jesus even likened doing the will of the Father to His food (Jn. 4:34) – that which sustained Him. It’s what gave Him the energy, or drive, to keep going.
The Steering the Church Toward Christ-like Character Leadership Guide also looks at the missing Christ-like quality behind delayed decisions.
All Posts about Decision-Making:
- Making Decisions That Line Up
- Decision-Making Questions for Lining Up
- If You Find Yourself Making All the Decisions
- Pluses & Minuses of Getting Others Involved in Decision Making
- Who Makes the Final Decision?
- Stifled in Decision-Making?
- Rushed Decisions
- Delayed Decisions
- Derailed Decisions
- Retrofitted Decisions
- Decisions Reveal Faith in God’s Power?
- Decisions You Don’t Have to Be Ashamed to Make
- Decisions Examined at Foot of the Cross
- Making Decisions from a Place of Humility
- Making Wise Decisions
- Making Decisions Void of Legalism
- Foolish Not to Pray
- Wisdom & Discernment Needed
- Decisions from a Renewed Mind
- Equipped for Making Good Decisions
- The Spirit Helps Us Make the Right Decisions, the Right Way
- The Spirit Provides Guidance and Wisdom in Decision-Making
- Decisions Worthy of Bearing His Name
- Strongholds Affecting Decision-Making
- How to Demolish Strongholds So We Make the Best Decisions
- Protection for the Decision-Making Process
- Decisions Made from Our Raised Position