Destiny Is Determined By Decisions Series

Among all the wonders we are blessed with, one of the most powerful things that we have got is the power of “free will” or Choice. God has created humans with Free Will. We, therefore, are living our lives exercising the power of freedom over our personal choices and decisions. Life is full of choices. Every day God gives us the freedom to make choices about what we think is going to be good, or even best for us. The success and failure of our life is made up of the little choices we make every day of our lives. For every action, there is a reaction, and for every choice, there is a consequence. Most people don’t put careful thought on the life God wants them to possess. Often they become distracted with the cares and concerns that come their way without ever living a more fulfilling life.

John C. Maxwell said “It is our decisions, not our conditions that determine our quality of life”

The power to choose is in our hands. We can choose wisely or unwisely as we are confronted with decisions, temptations, choices and priorities. We make decisions every day. Some decisions have far reaching consequences and other decisions are not so far-reaching. But our Choices determine the values, character, direction, and destiny of our life. When you need wisdom remember that God is the source of wisdom. Prayerfully consider the eternal nature of your Creator, the fleeting reality of your life, and the just wrath of God. In Psalm 90:12, Moses prayed a humble prayer; “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom” (Psalm 90:12) Moses wasn’t asking God on how to spend his time more wisely, but for wisdom on how to invest his life in alignment with God’s season and purpose for him.

George Eliot said "The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice." God has given us the power of choice. Thus learning what to choose, and how to choose, may be the most important knowledge we will ever receive. Of all the choices we face in our life, there is one that is of eternal consequence. It is a choice to know and obey God or ignore and disobey God. By using the Free Will, our ‘first parents’ (Adam and Eve) made a wrong choice. Consequently, they lost their innocence and caused decay and death on them and their offspring. The shortness and weakness of human life are the fruit of sin and judgment in the world. Although life is short and the wrath of God terrifying, the mercy and protection of God for His people are great. We need a Counsellor, to make the right decision and the only Counsellor who can give wise advice and rescue us from our predicament is God. In Psalm 90 we see this in Moses, who prays, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom”

Deuteronomy 30:15-16, 19 God says “See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live.” And the God the Almighty advises us that we should choose Life because the other alternative is decay and disaster.

Every human being on this Earth has free will or the freedom to make decisions. One of the greatest choices we make is to love and obey God in all things. Life and death and blessing and cursing have been presented to us, and now we have to choose which kind of life we want. If we decide to love and obey God, to walk in line with God’s word, and to do what He tells us to do, then we will receive all the blessings coming on us and overtaking us. If we decide to not obey God, to not walk in line with His word, and to not do what He tells us to do, then we will receive the curse overtaking us. Whether we receive the blessing or the curse is going to depend upon the choices that we make.

If we desire to reach a specific destination then we are going to have to walk in the direction that leads us to that destination. Galatians 6:7-8 says, "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows, Those who live only to satisfy their sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.” Our harvest is going to be based on the seeds that we sow, if we continue to sow to satisfy our sinful nature and to disobey God, then we will reap decay and death. But if we decide to sow to the spirit, we will reap the God-kind of abundant life. To reap the eternal rewards of salvation, a person must pursue the godly life God has set before him or her.