Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A Lesson from Peyton Manning

"every decision is from the Lord"
Proverbs 16:33

Peyton Manning has had an interesting couple of years.  The destined-for-the Hall-of-Fame quarterback has been with the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons, and has won 2 AFC championships and a Super Bowl along the way.

But he had to have four surgeries on his neck last year, and wasn't able to play at all.  And then a couple months ago, he was let go by the Colts.  And all of a sudden, he had some big decisions to make about what was next in his life.

He has been such an amazing quarterback, and plenty of teams are willing to believe that he still has a few more games in him.  So he spent time talking with those teams, thinking about their offers to him, and what the pros and cons would be, playing with them.   And in the article I was reading, he had an interesting quote about that process, and the difficulty of making a decision; he said, "This isn't a math problem."

The point is, there's no right answer.  Those are tough problems.  I know we think math is hard, but at least it's cooperative.  It's not trying to fool us.  And there's only right answer. 

Not so with life's decisions.  A lot of the decisions we have to make don't really have "right" answers.  Or they don't seem to, anyway.  Some of them do, but we won't know what it is if we don't ask Him.

But it's comforting to know that even a "wrong" decision on our part can be to our benefit.  That's the beauty of Romans 8:28, "we know that God works all things for together for good for those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose."

Gives me the peace I want, even when I don't know what to do.  There may not be just one "right" answer, but if I'm relying on Him for wisdom, and trusting in Him for the consequences, then there is no wrong answer.

~ "God gives wisdom and knowledge 
   and joy to a man who is good in His sight" ~
Ecclesiastes 2:26

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