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“So what are you going to do about it?”
That question hits us hard sometimes. It compels us to make a decision. When the facts have been stated, the arguments and counters have been considered, and the evidence has been submitted… a decision must be made. Life brings us to such tipping points and compels an answer of us: “What are you going to do?”
David, while he was still a young man, saw the conflict between his people and the Philistines for what it was. He saw Israel’s weakness, heard Goliath’s taunts, and knew of God’s power. He faced the big question: ‘What are you going to do about it, David?’ And unlike his brothers and their countrymen, he tipped the scales toward action and became his king’s unlikely champion.
So what about you? When you see a need, will you fulfill it? When you learn the truth, will you believe it? When you realize your sin, will you repent of it? When you have an opportunity to serve, will you take it? When you need a hard truth, will you hear it? When you observe a friend’s pain, will you bear it?
I catch myself and many other believers holding back from what we ought to do for fear of failure, fear of embarrassment, or fear of the unknown. James said, “So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin” (Ja. 4:17). I couldn’t begin to count the number of times that I have sinned by indecision. I knew to do good but ignored what I knew and found a way to justify doing so. I pray that I’ve grown. And I pray that for all of us: that we’ll have answer rightly when faith compels us with the question: What are you going to do?
- Dan Lankford, minister
