After Making a Difficult Decision Daniel 1:8-21

After Making A Difficult Decision Daniel 1:8-21

Introduction

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1202=prb w th guidanc computr, 70#36KB stat of art Cmptr saf lndon mn

Gene Krantz, th flight direc turnd to 27yr old Steve Bales GUIDOAskd 4 a dcsn

Bales took 15 seconds of 7 min B4 deciding

Bales sd later, 15 seconds like an eternity at that moment

Facd a sim sitn 2wks earlr in simultn, dcid to abrt lnd, Krantz go bk rvu

W lives of 2men in balanc, bill$ of txpyr mony, eyes of wrld Bales sd GO

In th nxt 6min45sec, 6 mor computer alarms went off, he sd GO each time

Pres Nixon awarded Bales w Group Achievement Award for his decision

‘this yng man whn comptrs wr cnfsd, he cld hv sd stop,...wait bt he sd GO

Bales md a diff dcsn, ff by more decisions. This AM tlk abt diff decision and aftr

Review

2wks ago intro Daniel, when life beyond your control, beyond Daniel control....

1 thing U do control is your response.

Daniel makes a diff decision, difficult, but mak dcsn not only thing he must do

Difficult Decision

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Whether to defile himself by eating kings food or not, Lv11:44-47;Is52:11

Live or die; holy or unholy, faithful or compromise, conform or be differ

Ff God or not, risk wrath of King Nebuchadnezzar or guilty conscience

Young man, decision affecting the rest of his life, relationship w God

Character forming decision, purpose in his heart – resolved, commitment

Diff and big decision, yes peer pressure, but right decision, be decisive

You

Our diff decision unlikely over food 1Co 8:8; 10:25-28

Diff decisions: career, marriage, dating, business, health, morality, ethics

Compromise, honesty, conscience, life and death spiritually, Bib principle

Live by faith or by senses and skills, some things not negotiable

J6:60-70; Ac4:13-20; 5:29; Hb 11:6; Mt19:16-22; Gn18:16-33; Ex32:1-11

e.g. Battelle – asked to put tech on project not working on

1st decision difficult, but set tone for your future perhaps your life!

Establish a pattern, much easier to make tough decision at begin than later

Ro 12:1,22Co6:14-18Mt6:24,33 J17:14,16

After Difficult Decisions

Daniel

Decision only the beginning, now actually needed to make it happen

8b First requested of the chief eunuch not defile himself, Lv 11

10 chief eunuch said ‘no’, I forfeit my head if U look worse

11KJV Melzar, others chief steward, steward better because article pres

11-16 proposed a test of 10 day, give Dan opp and steward

17-21 Result

17 God gave them knowledge, skill, Daniel understand vision/drms

18-20 King found them 10X better all others, excelled

21 Daniel continued until 1st year of Cyrus, ~65more years!!!

You

After decision may find continued diff, temptations 1Co10:13

Polite, courtesy to others goes al long way, Christians should excel

Remember your decision may make difficulties for others, respect them

Will fac ‘no’s’ or oppositn 2ur diff decisions, be creative, lk4 alternatives

Be willing to step out in faith and trust God

A ‘no’ or refusal may happen and you have to work around it

WHAT IF U made/make a bad decision? Admit today. Start right today. Not EZ