Monday, March 21, 2011

CrossRoads



Everyone has come to a point at one time or another when they have to make a decision. A crossroads. A potentially life-changing choice. Most people don't consider the fact that your decision has already been made. Freewill vs. Predestinaton has been one of the longest standing debates as far as Christianity is concerned. But honestly, regardless of the side you stand on - be it that your decision has already been made and you're destined to make it, or that you are totally in control of your own destiny - or anywhere in between - God works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (that means you!) and God is all-knowing and is not bound by time (so He's in the past and present and future and has already seen what you're gonna do)

The reason I bring all this confusing predestination and omnipotence to the topic of conversation is to bring you a beacon of light and peace when you have to make a decision. We hold these truths to our hearts and maybe we can keep our heads while we make huge decisions (or even just the little ones)

1) God has plans for you (good plans, I promise!). God is all powerful, all knowing, and has your best at heart. Regardless of how you want to screw up your own life, God will work it out in the end. So even if you choose "wrong" God is already in that decision and is already walking through that with you to restore it to your full potential

2) God has one of these decisions that He favors. There is a "right" thing to do in every situation. The trick is seeing God - seeing what He wants and where He wants you. Its not that your doomed if you don't choose right - but these type things are important in the long run and if you follow God's first choice, things will be much easier.
Lets consider Jonah: ok its pretty much an aknowledged
fact that Jonah chose wrong. God said go to Ninevah,
Jonah went to Tarshish. However you want to break it
all down with the technical stuff the fact is that
God's first choice was for Jonah to obey. But since
Jonah didn't obey from the get-go, God used the story
of a Whale to teach both Jonah and us that God forgives
us and meets us where we are - that God makes
everything work out.

3) God will make it evident to you what the thing to do is. He isn't some mean badguy waiting up there with lightning bolts to zap you if you pick wrong. Seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you!!

So suck it up, pray hard, and make your choice with confidence in the fact that yours steps are being guided

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