The Decision

The answer? 35,000. The question: how many decisions does a person make in a day?

This was part of a class discussion last night, and the answer, while just the good guess of experts, is surprising if not staggering. Of course, for the most part, we operate on “auto-pilot” and make most of these decisions without thought.

The main concern of the class last night was how many decisions do we make daily that require faith. You know, the “walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7)” decisions. All of this is hard to measure but is worth thinking about.

It  really comes down to one decision. Once we are on one particular path, then all the decisions we make somehow reflect that fundamental one. Jesus requires a response, a fundamental decision that will affect all other decisions. Following him is the best hardest decision you’ll ever make.

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

—Jesus in Mark 8