Question: What if I make a decision that I believe to be wise, but then feel no peace afterwards? (Chapter 11)

Answer: How you respond to that circumstance will depend on the reason for the lack of peace. If you made the decision hastily, you may need to rethink or modify it. On the other hand, the lack of peace may be an indication that you don't really believe that the way of wisdom is biblically correct. Or you may have become intellectually convinced that the way of wisdom is valid, but you haven't had time to retrain your conscience. In either of these events, making a decision based on wisdom (rather than the "leading of the Lord into His individual will") would not be "from faith" (Romans 14:23), and that would produce inner conflict. Getting used to a new paradigm for decision making can take some time. If a review of one's theology and the factors involved in the decision expose no violation of God's moral will or of wisdom, it would seem appropriate to follow through on the decision. Christians are to take their feelings into account; but in the end, we are not to be governed by them.