In the Valley of Decision

In the valley of decision

And you don’t know where to turn

Two signs along the way

Will help you the path confirm.

Some say there are three

But I believe there are only two:

Two answers from the throne

That come to me and to you.

You can disagree if you like

But read on and you will see

There are only two responses,

I repeat, just two and not three.

But how can we simplify

All of life’s hard decisions

And trivialized them as it were

Into two straightforward positions?

Well it is not so straightforward

But it comes right down to two

However difficult your decision

Concerning everything in your view.

Often there is a lot of clutter

That first must be cleared away,

Much of it is our own desire

And really not what God has to say.

But when we come to His perspective

And we put our will behind

It is only then that we realize

There were two answers all the time.

It is somewhat like the traffic lights

There are amber, red and green,

Three colours but just two options,

Aha! Now you see just what I mean.

Red says that you must stop

 And green says continue on your way

But what does amber say to do?

“Wait”, I am sure is what you would say.

  

But how would you wait at a stoplight

If the light was showing green

And then proceed if that light was red

You would just create a scene.

So when it comes right down to it

Only two options you need consider:

Should I go or should I stop

Whether it’s red or green or amber.

You see amber really means to stop

If you are there at the traffic light

And if it catches you on approach

Stop is the option that is also right.

So that in truth and in fact

Amber indicates that we should stop

And that reality re: the traffic lights

Also pertains to our life’s lot.

God has overview of life’s decisions

He sees the outcome before we do,

He knows the end from the beginning

All of life’s future is within His view.

When we perceive that He says, “Wait!”

That’s another way of saying “No.”

To consider such as the answer “Yes!”

Is clearly not the way that we should go.

There’s no need to belabour the point

The options are only “Yes” or “No”,

“Wait” is a figment of our imagination

When in the future we intend to go.

Remember God is the one in control,

He determines when it’s yes or no,

He has no need to say to us to wait

For He says a thing and it is so.

Remember too it is He who orders

The steps of the righteous man,

Commit your decision making to Him,

Let His “Yes” and “No” be your plan.

Stewart Russell © 2017