Trust God for the Outcome

I find it interesting to see how early Christians did things. When you look at the New Testament accounts of how Christian leaders made important decisions, it appears they decided the best they could and then acted on it. Listen to some examples:
“After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem.”
“It seemed good … to us…”
“Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus…, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem.”
These early Christian leaders didn't have lightning from heaven. They didn't have absolute certainty. They loved God, read the Bible, prayed for wisdom, sought counsel and decided the best they could with the information they had.
Did they always get it right? If what you mean by getting it right is that everything turned out happy and pleasant, then they didn’t always get it right. If what you mean is that they followed a Christian process, yes, they got it right.
We’re prone to judge our decisions totally on the basis of a pleasant outcome. If the job is successful, the marriage is happy or the house appreciates in value, then we think that we made the right decision and discovered God's will. If, on the other hand, the job is hard, the marriage is difficult or the house needs a new roof, we tend to think that we missed God's will.Going back to those early Christian leaders, most of the authors of the Bible died as martyrs and many early Christians lived difficult lives. But that doesn’t mean they missed God's will or made wrong decisions, it means they lived faithfully, trusting God for the outcome.