The night before D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower, as Supreme Allied Commander, had to make the most awesome decision of his life. After months of planning, the weather was questionable and his advisors gave conflicting counsel. General Eisenhower was aware that hundreds of thousands of lives and the futures of nations were in his hands. After staring at the rain in silence, he turned around and said, “We go!”

The next day, the invasion began.

Eisenhower’s decision required a weighing of his mission of liberating Europe from Nazi rule and the circumstances of adverse weather.

Our circumstances may be different, but we, too, face an awesome decision. We must decide whether our lives will be ruled by the mission God has for us, or be overruled by circumstances. How will you decide?