Proverbs 19:2 Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, and he who makes haste with his feet errs.
AVOID MAKING DECISION UNDER PRESSURE
A young associate pastor was told that he won't be ordained to preside over a church and accorded the full honour of a pastor unless he's married. He came under a self-imposed pressure immediately. In order to meet up with ordination criteria, he began to make plans to marry at all cost for a change of status. Prior to that time, he had no fiancée but because he wanted to meet up with the standard of ordination, he quickly found one for himself hastily. He married and was ordained. However, his marriage became problematic because he made the wrong choice. His decision to marry the lady he married was made under pressure.
The pressure of Instant gratification and fear of missing out are common triggers for making hasty decisions. Some persons married because they came under the pressure of age factor, the proverbial biological clock that is ticking, parental and peer pressure. Any time you come under pressure of time to make decisions, you'll make premature and poor decisions. The bible is against hasty decision, Proverbs 21:5 says: "The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, but everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty". Quality decisions are made within the precinct of thoughtfulness, careful observation and subjected to the test of time. Run from anyone or anything that may want to put you under pressure into making hasty decisions especially on crucial matters of life. Identify the trigger of pressure and deal with it.
Abraham wouldn't have slept with Hagar if not for Sarah. Father Abraham succumbed to pressure despite having heard clearly from God that he would be father of nations.He went in to Hagar without adequate thoughtfulness on the matter. The product of that indiscretion and hasty decision is wrecking havoc all over the world today. One hasty decision can wreck havoc for yet unborn generations. When we were learning to hear God as new converts, we were told that the voice of the devil puts us under pressure to make hasty sinful decision. It is still true till date. Anytime you find yourself in haste to make lifetime decisions, the devil is already knocking at your door, please don't open. Often, pressure works with anxiety. How can you handle this? "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God"( Phil4:6). You can pray off pressure and subject the decision you're about to make to the test of time. That's another kingdom wisdom on overcoming pressure.
Father, I refuse to come under pressure that leads to hasty decisions in Jesus name.