Common Sense or Christ?

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.  Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.  At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.  The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.  He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"  Acts 16:25-30  NIV


     Decisions we make in the cause of Christ often seem to defy common sense - at least as the world sees it.  Paul and Silas were in prison in stocks when an unforeseen earthquake set them free.  They had been praying and singing praises to God.  Had it been me, I would have been praying for my release and would have praised God for answering my prayer with the earthquake.
     Paul and Silas must have been praying for something else because they didn't leave.  That would have resulted in the death of the jailer.  They stayed and reassured the jailer, who was more important to them than their own freedom, that all the prisoners were there.  The result was the jailer and his entire household accepted Jesus.
     I have some friends who recently sold their house.  It had  been on the market for a few years and they needed to get out from under two mortgage payments.  When their realtor called with an offer which was much lower than their asking price, they decided to pray for God's will.  They decided to accept the offer.
     Just hours after they accepted the lower offer, a bid came in on their house for the full amount.  Legally, they were bound by the first offer.  The realtor told them, however, that there was a loophole that could get them out of the contract.  Again they prayed -- and decided to honor their Christian convictions.
     For the world, this would have been a no brainer.  Get out of the contract and go for the better offer.  But my friends had been praying that God would put their house into the hands of a family that would be blessed by it.
     Do you make decisions that are foolish in the eyes of the world but honor Christ?  Are you willing to suffer loss so that some might be brought to the kingdom?  What do you base your decisions on -- Common Sense or Christ?