Discernment

On the drive from Huntsville to Montgomery today I had the opportunity to listen to a sermon on discernment given by Joshua Harris at the recent New Attitudes Conference. Having prayed many, many times, particularly over the past year or so, for discernment, I was particularly struck by these statements:

"Discernment grows as we act on and obey what God has shown us. The reverse is also true. When we fail to act on what is true, discernment dies...possibly the reason that you're not growing in discernment, in your ability to see the good and acceptable will of God, is because you're not obeying what God has already shown to you."


I'd never really made that connection between obedience and discernment. I think many of us wait for discernment to magically appear to us, not realizing that our obedience (or lack of it) plays a major role in how much discernment we gain. Definitely gave me a lot of food for thought. You can download (for free!) all of the conference lessons here.