My friend Justin has an excellent blog post up today on the paralysis of analysis that we fall prey to as Christians. We ask ourselves if the step we’re contemplating making is really God’s will, or our own flesh, or the enemy’s goading. Here a taste of what Justin had to say:

so many decisions, and none i have felt confident making. so i sit. paralyzed. instead of doing anything constructive, my free time goes to tv, video games, and the black abyss of the internet. terrified of making the wrong decision, i make no decision.

I’m just as guilty as the next Christian of falling into this trap. One of my favorite songs on the matter is “Hold It Up To The Light” by Smalltown Poets. You can see the complete lyrics here, but here are two particularly relevant parts:

The search for my future has brought me here 

This is more than I’d hoped for, but sometimes I fear 

That the choice I was made for will someday appear 

And I’ll be too late for that flight

And then later in the song:

I was dead with deciding & afraid to choose 

I was mourning the loss of the choices I’d lose 

But there’s no choice at all if I don’t make my move 

And trust that the timing is right 

I will hold it up hold it up to the light

I like what Justin says in his blog post (which you really should go read):

it doesn’t matter what fork i take in the road. i’ll get where i’m supposed to be. what matters is that i continue in love. radical love.

1. justindcook said: great stuff. that song is sooooo relevant. love it. thanks for the shout-out!
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