Yesterday during a virtual seminar, the speaker explained the cost of not learning how to do the technique he was offering. He said, “Think of the financial goal you have for the year. Now imagine that it is costing you the size of that goal annually to not learn what I am teaching.” That is opportunity cost.

When we choose one path we are saying “No” to another. Some decisions are life and death, but most are not. Yet by choosing the wrong path we can delay or forfeit God’s best for us. Hence it is worth our wild to adhere to the counsel of the wisest man in the world, King Solomon, when he said,

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

(NIV, Proverbs 3:5-6)

How do we know in which direction God is leading even after prayer? In my experience he provides confirmation. It may come from the pulpit or a second person, as in my case. But for you it may be a combination of those or through his word or an event.

In Judges 6, God commissioned Gideon to save the Israelites from their enemy. But he was uncertain that God was with him. So, he asked God for confirmation. In verse 37 he requested that there be dew on a wool fleece he placed on the ground, while the ground remained dry. The next morning, Gideon woke up to see God delivered the sign. Then Gideon still unsure, asked God to do the opposite and the following morning God made the fleece dry and the ground wet.

Let us remain open to how God may confirm his path for us. It may just be the opportunity we get to experience a shift in our lives or even to be blessed in an unimaginable way.