Bible memorization. We've talked a lot about it. We need to get scripture in us deep. And for a lot of good reasons, we need to get scripture in us deep. But a big one is because the vast majority of our lives are lived spontaneously. We must make hundreds of quick decisions every single day.

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And so all of those decisions, those actions reflect whatever fills our hearts.

If goodness fills us, it overflows. If not, harmful patterns will

emerge. So without regularly meditating on God's word, we are unequipped to make holy decisions

when we must, and we must every single day. If you've heard all of that before, it's because we've covered

all of that before, as you'll see in the EPJ book on pages 24 and 25 and 42 and 43, very

rich themes that we've looked at in the past. Similarly, we have this question from a listener

named Andrew. Dear Pastor

John, I'm curious about the balance between fate, hearing the voice of God, and our own power

in decision-making. In Acts, the apostles drew lots to replace Judas in Acts 1, 20, to 26, and we see God speaking to individuals in

various ways in Acts 9 versus 3 to 20. While God clearly speaks to his people in different ways,

there are also decisions he seems to leave to us, like whether to have turkey or chicken

on a sandwich.

Where do you see the balance between these elements and how can a believer know which to follow

when making decisions?

Okay, here's my answer to the balance question.

The balance between situations in which you draw lots, maybe, or receive a special

revelation from God on the one hand, and then actions that you take without any special divine

interventions. That balance between those two, special intervention, no intervention, is like

one to 99, or maybe one to 99.

That's the balance.

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