Former New York Mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani in his book Leadership says that a sound decision require both statistical analysis and intuition. Analysis only works well when combined with intuition gathered from your own experiences which makes the decision personal. Many times we come to a crossroads where we have to make an important decision in the shortest time possible. We may not have had experiences to build our intuition, but then, the decision has to be made.
Four people in the book of Ruth had to make a decision whose stake was higher than they knew at the time. Orpah turned back and went to Moab while Ruth recited her now famous ‘your God will be my God’ and followed Naomi to Bethlehem. Boaz went to meet the man (his name is not even known) who was a closer relative to Naomi than him. The man forfeited his responsibility to redeem Ruth to preserve his children and missed on eternity.
You do not just wake up and start making such wise decisions. Boaz tells Ruth he has heard about how she has been loyal to Naomi. The way he treats Ruth clearly shows that he is a man worth his weight in gold. Yes, Giuliani is right, analysis of current situation is good but who we are really determines the decisions we make. If the situation to gain experiences does not show up, work on who you are- your character.
Knowing Christ is one step towards learning to make sound decisions. Because slowly you start realizing that there is the common, fair, good, better and best option in everything. Sacrificing the good now for the best later becomes easy and you end up a better person. Life is not black and white; Orpah and ‘the man’ lived their lives not knowing what they had missed. Christ simplifies it for us, connect yourself to him.
©26th April 2011
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