We must learn to discern.

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There are times when we are faced with a crucial decision that seems to have too many answers, that is when we must trust in God's Holy Spirit to guide us to make the best decision.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God on every remembrance of you, 4 always in all my prayers making intercession for you all with joy, 5 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 6 being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion at the day of Jesus Christ; 7 as it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart; and in my imprisonments, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers with me of grace. 8 For God is my witness how I love you all with the tender love of Jesus Christ. 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 that you may approve what is excellent, that you may be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

Philippians 1:1-10

Not everything is as nice as we hope it to be. Generally, mystery programs and so it is in life. Unfortunately, people often make decisions based on their feelings or make a judgment in situations based on their ideal. The decisions we make are not always the best or most convenient, but God has given us a spirit of discernment to help us make the best decision.
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the number of decisions we have to make in a single day. Ideally, each decision simply has a right and wrong result, but in reality, what is right for us may not always be right. For example, there are decisions that are not sinful and much less incorrect, but at that moment they are not God's will for us.
In the word of God we do NOT find the instructions to follow in each of the situations that are presented to us, but it is full of principles and teachings, directly or indirectly through parables or stories, as we develop, as we grow in faith, all these principles become guides for our lives, driven by the Holy Spirit we develop the ability to make the best decisions in harmony with the will of God.

3 As all things that pertain to life and godliness have been given to us by his divine power, through the knowledge of him who called us by his glory and excellence,

2 Peter 1:3

There are many times when we ask ourselves, is this a good decision?, when in reality we should ask ourselves if at that very moment it is God's will for our life. This is the Holy Spirit of God that gives us that spiritual discernment to live a full life according to the principles of God, let us seek his will through the study of the word and prayer.