Our choices shape our futures. I wish someone would have told this to me when I was younger, and I would have listened. But I didn’t listen to anyone but myself back then.
Life is a series of choices. To some, that’s too simple, but it really is true. Our decisions determine our destiny.
Every decision brings us closer or further away from God’s plan. There is no such thing as just sitting still or putting God’s plan on hold. That’s a deception, God’s will for us is intertwined with His will for others, and that’s a constant moving and changing dynamic. It’s like catching a flight. We can miss it.
It’s true that God get us to our destiny in some other way. He is certainly smarter than any GPS device that recalculates us when we miss a turn. There is always a later flight with God. But who wants the hassle, disappointment, and delay that comes from missing a connection? I want God’s best. Don’t you?
When we go on a road trip, those ahead of us can be a valuable source of information. It doesn’t matter how we feel about them personally. The fact that they have driven the road gives them insight of what we might need. They can tell us what accommodations and restaurants are available. Or they can let us know of a wreck or construction route. We would be foolish to of to draw on the insights of others who have gone before us.
Everyone has challenges, failures, pasts, and successes that has stood in the way of them following God’s will for their lives. But with a few good decisions anyone can turn their lives around.
Every one of us have a God ordained destiny that is designed to touch others. We carry other people’s miracles. I don’t think we can fully comprehend this. It is certain however, that the lives of millions of people were changed simply because the “hero’s of faith made the right decision.
I think back to when my entire life took a u-turn. All I needed was a little bit of hope.
I had went to a church conference with a lady who didn’t want to go alone from a prayer meeting I was attending at the time. The conference was 4 days long, and to say I was dreading it would be an understatement. The morning meeting was basically like church, but a lady dressed in a prayer shawl came up to me, and said, “you’re live is about to change, and you will become a bridge for others.” My first thought was, “is this lady for real?” She knows nothing about what I’ve been through, how can she possibly know that. WoW was I wrong. It was then my life began to change for the better, It put me on the right path.
Are the decisions we make every day what the Lord wants us to make?
Most people don’t intentionally decide to miss their destinies, they just get busy with the cares of life, and before they know it, they are in a rut that they can’t seem to get out of.
Remember, our lives are a result of choices. Others can influence or hinder us, but our choices are the determining factor of our destinies. And it’s never too late to make the right choices.
My life started when I made the right choice to have faith in what the lady at the conference told me. I just needed a little bit of hope, and someone who believed in me.
“Therefore I urge you, brothers (and sisters), by the mercies of God, to present, your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. Don’t be confirmed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may proves what is the good, well-pleasing and perfect will of God” -Romans 12:1-2
God showed me His will for my life was to be completely committed to Him.
Each of our stories can be a testimony of God‘s miraculous power and goodness that can encourage us to make the right decisions toward our own divine destiny.
God has some awesome things planned for your life. Regardless of what things look like now, your positive decisions can change everything.
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