You make a lot of big decisions when you’re in ministry leadership. Sometimes these big decisions come as a crisis hits your community or your ministry. A disaster hits. Conflict erupts. 

Your biggest temptation in the midst of crisis is to be impulsive. And when you’re impulsive, you’re not thinking rationally. You’re thinking emotionally. You want to make a quick decision.

But it’s more important to make the right decision than a fast decision.

A wrong decision is wrong no matter how quickly you make it.

So step back, take a deep breath, calm down, and talk to God.

Daniel did this when the king asked him to interpret a dream (after he ordered to kill the first few people who tried).

The Bible says, “Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more time to tell the king what the dream meant” (Daniel 2:16 NLT).

Imagine how tough that would be as a teenager. Daniel went immediately to this powerful king and asked for more time.

Daniel didn’t procrastinate, but he didn’t make a rash decision either. 

He gave us a great model for dealing with a high-pressure situation.

Implement this model the next time you have to make a big decision.