Deuteronomy 30:19 (NIV) "This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live."
There are 4 important choices in life that determine the quality of your life.
1. What you believe about God.
2. Who you marry.
3. Where you will work.
4. Where you will live.
These four choices determine so many of our day to day choices. Who you serve determines what you will decide in choices 2, 3, and 4. Think about that for a moment. Will you decide for yourself without the wisdom and guidance of God who you will marry? When you determine whether you will marry, and who you will marry, it often helps one to decide what kind of job they want to have. Will they have children? Where do they want to raise those children, and in what climate they want to do so?
Will your spouse help you to be what God has called you to be, or will they fight you? If you always wanted to raise children and they don't, what will you do? Perhaps you always wanted to be a doctor but, the years of study, and hours away from home aren't tolerated by the person with whom you want to marry, how will you make that decision?
1. What you believe about God.
2. Who you marry.
3. Where you will work.
4. Where you will live.
These four choices determine so many of our day to day choices. Who you serve determines what you will decide in choices 2, 3, and 4. Think about that for a moment. Will you decide for yourself without the wisdom and guidance of God who you will marry? When you determine whether you will marry, and who you will marry, it often helps one to decide what kind of job they want to have. Will they have children? Where do they want to raise those children, and in what climate they want to do so?
Will your spouse help you to be what God has called you to be, or will they fight you? If you always wanted to raise children and they don't, what will you do? Perhaps you always wanted to be a doctor but, the years of study, and hours away from home aren't tolerated by the person with whom you want to marry, how will you make that decision?
We make our choices and then they make us. In Proverbs 14:12 (ESV) it reads, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. We need to have wise counsel if we are to make good decisions. The best way to get wisdom is to read the book of Proverbs. Reading the Bible is not just a religious act it is our life line to God to be able to not just survive this life but to thrive in this life. The choice is ours. For more on this subject check out this blog: https://chimalabob.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/great-decisions-of-the-bible/
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