Choices
Today's blog is about choices. We all make them, some are big choices, like do I buy this house, take that job, do this or that. Some are small, like what to have for dinner, or what tie to wear with what shirt, or for that matter, what shirt to wear. Making choices is a part of life.
I noticed the other day I'd been wearing a lot of red shirts lately so today I made a choice to wear a grey shirt. I don't want to get into a rut. OK, I'm in a rut, but at least I don't have to wear a red shirt every day of the week. The choices I've made, both years ago, and now, keep me where I'm at. I'm mindful of that and also mindful of the choices I make and why I make them.
There are two great stories in the Bible about choices. One is the book of Job. At one point, so many things befall Job that even his own wife says "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!" His reply was, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?" (Job 2:9-10)
The second is about Jonah. Jonah tried to escape God's plan for him. God had other ideas which He used to bring Jonah back to where God wanted Jonah to go.
When I make big choices, these two stories help me to remember that if I choose the narrow path, the one I don't understand but is in keeping with God's word, that I can't go wrong. I may never see the reward this side of heaven, but that's God's will, not mine. I'm also reminded of what God can do to get you back where He wants you. I've seen that first hand in my life. I understand all too well what God can do when He chooses to, and there are countless stories in the Bible about this.
God, through the Bible, helps lay out a roadmap for the things we should do and those are the things these days I use to make choices. Sometimes the choice may be as simple as doing nothing. It sounds easy to say, but doing nothing is hard for me. Again, faith and patience help. I trust that God knows what He's doing with my life. There are days I certainly don't. But I know that every time I'm tempted to do this thing, that thing, or the other thing, I remember what's happened to me and the examples God used throughout the Bible to make His will known.
So I stick to the simple choices like what shirt to wear, what to have to eat, what TV program to watch, or what should I write about today. The complicated choices, the ones I don't see a way to do His will, I leave up to Him.
I noticed the other day I'd been wearing a lot of red shirts lately so today I made a choice to wear a grey shirt. I don't want to get into a rut. OK, I'm in a rut, but at least I don't have to wear a red shirt every day of the week. The choices I've made, both years ago, and now, keep me where I'm at. I'm mindful of that and also mindful of the choices I make and why I make them.
There are two great stories in the Bible about choices. One is the book of Job. At one point, so many things befall Job that even his own wife says "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!" His reply was, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?" (Job 2:9-10)
The second is about Jonah. Jonah tried to escape God's plan for him. God had other ideas which He used to bring Jonah back to where God wanted Jonah to go.
When I make big choices, these two stories help me to remember that if I choose the narrow path, the one I don't understand but is in keeping with God's word, that I can't go wrong. I may never see the reward this side of heaven, but that's God's will, not mine. I'm also reminded of what God can do to get you back where He wants you. I've seen that first hand in my life. I understand all too well what God can do when He chooses to, and there are countless stories in the Bible about this.
God, through the Bible, helps lay out a roadmap for the things we should do and those are the things these days I use to make choices. Sometimes the choice may be as simple as doing nothing. It sounds easy to say, but doing nothing is hard for me. Again, faith and patience help. I trust that God knows what He's doing with my life. There are days I certainly don't. But I know that every time I'm tempted to do this thing, that thing, or the other thing, I remember what's happened to me and the examples God used throughout the Bible to make His will known.
So I stick to the simple choices like what shirt to wear, what to have to eat, what TV program to watch, or what should I write about today. The complicated choices, the ones I don't see a way to do His will, I leave up to Him.
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