Episode 460 - Show Notes
- Everyone listening today has a story. You have a past. We all look back with regret to some choices and decisions we have made. Like me, you’ve probably had the thought, “If I had known then, what I know now, I would have made a different decision.”
- Thankfully, our God is abundant in grace. If you have trusted Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord, you have experienced his forgiveness of all of your sins. Jesus is faithful to forgive and to restore. But his forgiveness doesn’t always erase the earthly consequences of our decisions.
- This brings me to an important point: Our decisions have consequences. There are some things that happen to us that are without explanation. For example, if you have a car accident or you get sick, we may not know why these things happened. But for the most part, wherever you are in your life right now, it is because of the decisions you have made.
- We are all the sum of our decisions. Think about it. Decisions matter. To marry or not to marry. To finish school or not to finish school. You are I are the product of so many decisions: spiritual decisions, relationship decisions, health decisions, career decisions, and more. Decisions have consequences.
- Here is God’s promise…he will lead us. Our responsibility is to trust, His responsibility is to lead.
- Notice that God doesn’t promise to make us wealthy, healthy, popular, successful, or even comfortable. He promises something much deeper. He will direct our paths. He will direct our steps. He will make our paths straight. He will help us navigate through whatever life throws at us.
- Invite God into your decision making process. All of our decisions have consequences, both big and small. As we trust God, he has promised to give us the wisdom we need for every decision.
Galatians 6:7 says, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 - “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
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