All my life I’ve heard it said that everything happens for a reason, that nothing happens by chance. That would mean that I have absolutely no control over my life and how it is played out, but instead God has laid out my whole life and every decision before me, and we are all just like puppets, playing out God’s will. It’s as if God plotted, planned, prepared, and made a movie about humankind and planet earth, and now He is sitting back in a theater, watching it all play out. I know that for much of my life I’ve adopted this philosophy, without even really knowing it, and I think it has reaped some serious consequences in my life.
Considering all this, is there a right or wrong decision? I don’t really know. All I can tell you is that I feel like I’ve made some wrong decisions for my life, and they reaped really bad consequences, but I also know that God turns the bad into good for those who love him. I believe that many of my bad choices have been redeemed.
I have come to the conclusion that God is my navigation system. I do believe that yes, I do make wrong decisions in my life, and yes, I have made many, but I also believe that God is so good that he has the ability to recalculate a new path, or a new route, as soon as we make a bad decision for ourselves, or a wrong turn, if we are plugged into Him. I know that many times in the past that has looked like, “Whoa! Turn around! Make a u-turn immediately!” It has also looked like me driving along, taking a different route on purpose, and God reconfiguring a new path to lay out in front of me. Does he have foreknowledge of our final destination? I really don’t know that either, but my inkling is yes, but I do believe that we can fall out of God’s will for our lives or else Jesus wouldn’t have told us to pray that the Father’s will be done for our lives.
How do we know the best paths, the best turns, the best decisions? How do we know that we are on course? Jesus is our perfect example, and the more we know him, the more we love him, and the more we love him then the more we trust him and his direction. Jesus is the word, so he is scripture, so we can always rely on its truth, love, and wisdom to lead us in the right direction. Probably more importantly, there is the very handy Holy Spirit given to us.
Now I believe that I actually do have control over my life and my destiny, and even though that’s a bit scary to know how much responsibility lies in my hands, it’s also empowering to take the wheel and drive…
Lots of Love!!
Kels
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