Early in my career, I worked in a financial services organization where management used a variety of techniques to keep our sales team motivated. One day I noticed a large banner on the wall of our computer room that said, “We decide.....we choose.....and as we decide and choose so are our lives formed."
My takeway from that statement was whatever we decide to do or not to do in life, and whatever our choices are, good or bad, they are not just choices. Most of the time they are actually life-changing decisions that mold and shape who we will become.
Think about the teenager who chose to drive while impaired and caused the death of his younger brother. Or, how about the business woman who compromised her professional integrity by pilfering money from her company, lost her job and went to jail?
These examples seem to be clear lapses in judgement, but how about the small, less obvious decisions we make on a daily basis? For example, what can a continual display of poor work habits ultimately do to our chances for promotion? How about the unhealthy relationships we maintain in our lives that slowly erode our moral fibers and damage our self esteem?
Our decisions to choose life by carefully contemplating our decisions can't do anything but take us up. It leaves the way open for us to receive the wisdom of God and helps us avoid setbacks on life. The next time you're faced with a decision (major or minor), stop, pray, listen and then act. You will begin to experience fewer regrets, more victories and a higher quality of life!
Scripture Links: Deuteronomy 30:19; Proverbs 4:26; Proverbs 4:7; Haggai 1:7; Luke 14:28
To Receive Jesus as Lord ad Savior:(Sinner's Prayer) Dear God, I am a sinner. I need a savior. I need Jesus. I believe Jesus died for my sins and rose on the third day. I ask Jesus now to come into my heart and to become Lord over my life. Satan has no more power over me. I say with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. Father, help me to live for you, and thank you for saving me. John 3:16.
To Rededicate Your Life to the Lord (after falling away):Dear Heavenly Father: I confess to you that I have sinned. You said if I confess my sin you are faithful and just to forgive me and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness. I turn away from sin and turn to you, and I ask you to forgive me. I forgive myself also. Father, thank you for forgiving me, remembering my sin no more and allowing me to have right standing with you again. In Jesus' name, AMEN.
