Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five day a week daily devotional where we share the word, prayers, and our heart. I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent. So we've been doing the Friday five for a while, five random things every Friday to give us a break from the inspiration and do something a little different. Today we're going to do

sort of a modified Friday five before we start a different Friday feature for this month,

our Friday friends. But one of the chapters in the Seven Hardest Things book is that of the

seeming contradiction of proceeding in life and waiting. We have to do both at times, right?

So I thought it might be good to look at five truths about

when to stop and when to go. You up for it? We can all use a little counsel on this, I think.

When to proceed in life or with plans and just plow forward or when to wait on God. Man, this is a tough one for me for sure. I don't

trust myself that I know. Even recently, I've been struggling with some decisions and should I move on

this or not. And we need wisdom for proceeding and waiting, I think, almost more than anything else

in life. So let's look quickly at five truths about when to stop, stop meaning wait, and when to go to help

us unpack it just a little bit. Number one, opposition does not automatically mean we shouldn't

proceed on. I think this is important. Sometimes opposition can be a red flag. Yes, we need to pay

attention, but it can also just be a natural part of other people not understanding

what God wants us to do. It's why we have to really be in tune and in prayer with God so that we can

know the difference. I think about Noah and what if Noah had let the opposition from other people

stop him from what God had told him clearly he was to do. It was something that on the surface made no logical sense.

He didn't have proof that it was necessary what God was asking of him. And yet, it was exactly

what he was supposed to do. It was so important. So we have to go when God says go and not ask

for a second opinion. So don't automatically assume that when you

you come upon opposition, it means that we shouldn't proceed. Number two, if God tells you to go

immediately turn around and ask him for wisdom. If you're sensing God's asking you to do something,

then the very next thing is, okay, God,

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