{"id":9148,"date":"2012-09-10T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=9148"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:15:06","slug":"god-discerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/god-discerns.htm","title":{"rendered":"Want to Be More Discerning? – Look at God"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ToSometimes we Christians don’t like the word “assessment” for the church as though it is a worldly idea. \u00a0To be sure, if we aren’t careful our objectives and means of assessing can take on a worldly slant but assessment is God’s idea. So, to be more discerning<\/a> we need to look at God as our standard.<\/div>\n

Look at How God Discerns and Assesses<\/h2>\n

He did it when He created the world<\/a>. Read through Genesis 1 and you will find God stepping back at different stages to look over what He has made. \u00a0— “And God saw that it was good.”<\/p>\n

God continues to keep tabs on His creation<\/a>, particularly the people He created. \u00a0Notice the words I’ve capitalized below in Psalm 139:1-3.<\/span><\/p>\n

O LORD, you have SEARCHED me and you KNOW me. \u00a0You KNOW when I sit and when I rise; you PERCEIVE my thoughts from afar. You DISCERN my going out and my lying down; you are FAMILIAR WITH all my ways.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God doesn’t merely observe us dispassionately from a distance. \u00a0He becomes thoroughly acquainted with us and what we are doing. \u00a0He scrutinizes us because He cares about us, His crowning jewel of creation. \u00a0Psalm 139 goes on to communicate how precious His thoughts are toward us.<\/p>\n

Do’s and Don’ts About the Discernment Process<\/h2>\n

Clearly, God is our role model for learning to be more discerning. \u00a0From Him we learn some do’s and don’ts about the discernment process:<\/p>\n

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