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CHOICES
We have heard it said many times that our choices matter. We know this is true because all of life is shaped by the choices we make. We make our choices and our choices turn around and make us.
As I ponder the situation, I realize that at the age of 80, I am nothing more than the sum total of all the choices I have made over all the years of my life. I am what I am, where I am, doing what I do, as a result of thousands of choices made over a long period of time.
Example – how I met and married Janet.
We make our choices and our choices turn around and make us
Choices. So important. So crucial.
We make our choices and our choices turn around and make us.
Because our choices matter, the Bible speaks of them often. Near the end of his life Moses challenged his people this way: (Deuteronomy 30:19-20)
Choose life!
As Joshua was an old man and nearing death, he reminded the people of Israel about what God had done for them. (Joshua 24:15).
Many years later Elijah stood atop Mount Carmel and addressed the people of Israel this way: (1 Kings 18:21).
Psalm 1:6 shows us the end result of the ultimate choice:
Then we have these familiar words from Solomon: (Proverbs 14:12).
Finally, we can add this solemn warning from the Lord Jesus Christ: (Matthew 7:13-14).
Every person is on a journey that leads to life or death. Jesus calls it a “way.”
One “way” is wide and easy. The other “way” is narrow and hard.
Make sure you are on the right road
Many take the easy way.
Only a few take the hard way.
Jesus is saying to all of us today, “Make sure you are on the right road. You don’t want to end up in a place you never wanted to be.”
That brings me back to where I began. Our choices really do matter. We make our choices and our choices turn around and make us. Never is this more important than when hard times come and life seems to move against us.
When trouble comes, you find out very quickly what you really believe.
We make our choices and our choices make us.
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