Making decisions
Moving presumably vs in faith
““Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We ourselves will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.’ And every one of you fastened on his weapons of war and thought it easy to go up into the hill country. And the Lord said to me, ‘Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not in your
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“But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.”
Numbers 14:44-45 ESV
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The Faithful, Fruitful, and Fitted Framework:
Is it FAITHFUL?
Does the decision align with God’s character and what He’s already said?
Would this move draw you closer to Jesus as a family?
Is it FRUITFUL?
Can you envision fruit growing there—relationally, spiritually, creatively, communally?
Is it FITTED?
Not “comfortable,” but cra
4 things to prune: Trey rose
Dead things
Sick things
The good but not the best
The best that’s not in the next
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If stuck between two potential options, ask: What is the best story?
"Life is a form of self storytelling. We're continually retelling ourselves our life story, but very few people think of themselves as authors of their story, not mere subjects. People with extraordinary high-agency realize this early in life and start maximizing the interestingne... See more
"Life is a form of self storytelling. We're continually retelling ourselves our life story, but very few people think of themselves as authors of their story, not mere subjects. People with extraordinary high-agency realize this early in life and start maximizing the interestingne... See more
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Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives.
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets ... See more
Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected.
Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.
Unconventional behavior costs a social price in the short term — but the actions live on as story assets ... See more
God doesn’t relocate to abandon—He relocates to redeem and expand.
Like with Abraham. With Joseph. Joseph didn't ask to relocate. Neither did Abraham. But in the relocating, even to hard places, you were there. Think of Noah. Who had to relocate onto an ark. But he doesn't do it to abandon. To redeem and expand.
A road diverges in the woods, and we have a choice. The safe one and the dangerous one. The one that pays well and the one that teaches a lot. The one that people understand and the one they don’t. The one that challenges us and the one that doesn’t.
It’s the cumulative result of these choices that leads to a life worth writing about, or a life wort
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doesn’t always matter which road you choose. What matters is God is with you.