Should I leave or stay?
1) Throughout our lives there will be times when we must decide to “stay” in a place/situation or “leave.”
2) Sometimes we must make these choices fairly early in life.
i) If young people = at a party & realize some non-Christian behavior is taking place they must make a choice:
ii) Jobs have led many to ask if they should hang on for a while longer or move on.
iii) In marriages this question is also sometimes asked – “Should I stay or should I leave?”
3) Our “Should I or should I not question” really boils down to making decisions which are in harmony with God’s will.
SOME PRINCIPLES FOR “LEAVE OR STAY” DECISIONS.
i) Josh. 24:15 says, “choose you this day whom you will serve.”
ii) Josh. 23:8 says, “cleave unto Jehovah your God.”
2) Making God a key factor in decisions can often quickly clarify what is the best and right choice.
3) 2 Sam. 24.
(1) Option 1 was seven years of famine. Option 2 was fleeing from his enemies for 3 months.
(2) Option 3 was a severe plague throughout the land for three days.
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4) When we are put into a situation where we must choose to “leave or stay,” do not expect it to be easy.
5) WAIT!
6) Ps. 37:34 says, “wait on the Lord.”
7) Prov. 4:26 (KJV) says: “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.”
8) Isa. 50.
9) Here God’s prophet described an obedient servant.
i) In Heb. 13:5 God says: “I will be with you and never forsake you.”
ii) Even with the toughest of choices we can be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work (1 Cor. 15:58).
10) Jn 13
11) Peter made a decision and then (thankfully) changed his mind; he reversed course.
12) Throughout the world there are people who make bad decisions but will not reverse course due to pride.
13) If pride is the basis or a factor in the decisions we make, we have a problem.
i) Back in Prov. 6 we are told God “hates” 6 things and “7” items are an abomination to Him.
ii) The first item on the list of things God is said to hate is “haughtiness” (pride, arrogance, superiority).
14) Lk. 15
