The Path You Are On is Not Going to End Well
The Outcome is Up to God Part I
How do you make decisions?
Sometimes we make decisions by circumstances.
Like flipping a coin…
Heads you do it your way,
tails you go the other way.
Like a dice game…
We cast the dice and the numbers
determine your steps.
How do you change the world?
Remember
Make your motions and cast your votes,
but God has the final say. Proverbs 16:33 MSG
The Outcome is Up to God Part I
How do you make decisions?
Sometimes we make decisions by circumstances.
Like flipping a coin…
Heads you do it your way,
tails you go the other way.
Like a dice game…
We cast the dice and the numbers
determine your steps.
How do you change the world?
Sometimes we don’t leave our decisions to chance…
We vote.
We cast our ballet on what we want.
It could be telling the car dealer
you want the blue car
or voting in an election.
Whatever way we choose to make a decision
and move forward…
It lacks power.
It is easy to see flipping a coin at best
gives you a 50/50 chance…
And for some things in life
it doesn’t matter much.
On the other hand…
There are things that matter to us.
Some of those things matter a little.
Like…
Casting your vote with friends on where to eat.
Then there are things that matter a lot,
things you want your voice heard.
Like…
Where you will live, work, travel,
even voting on elected officials.
If you have reached adulthood
you probably discovered flipping the coin
and voting does not always go your way.
There are a lot of other dynamics
you do not have control over.
In 2014, Sandy and I had airline tickets to Florida
and on February 4th of 2014…
I was hit by a pick-up truck
and spent February and March
in the hospital and a nursing home.
One winter Sandy and I booked an Air B&B
in Key Largo but…
Had to cancel to be with my Dad, who was dying.
I have cast my vote
and my candidate did not win.
I made plans for retirement but…
Issues with businesses took valuable resources.
With all the factors in life it is amazing
anything turns out the way we choose…
Health, actions of others, weather, accidents,
pandemics, earthquakes, life and death, etc.
We are a speck on the earth
and less than that in the universe.
God created us with the ability
to make choices, to think, and plan.
But God has the final say Proverbs 16:33 MSG
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him]. AMP
So, like making your vote
and casting lots or dice
to find direction…
Seek God.
Look to His Word…
And look for His direction through
the things He is doing around you.
It may not be by chance you are in
the circumstance you are in.
It may be your opportunity to serve…
Or, for Him to serve you…
But in every moment remember this.
DO GOOD!!!
What good can you do in this moment
and let God do the rest.
Even if doing good cost you
your Father knows how
to meet your need.
There are many paths…
Choices in life that will not end well
But for those who seek God
to “Do Good” life will end well.
OOPS!!!
Eternity with our Father in heaven never ends.
That is better than ending well.
Scripture Reading
Proverbs 16:33 NIV
33 The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the Lord.
Proverbs 16:33 MSG
33 Make your motions and cast your votes,
but God has the final say.
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)
Proverbs 16:33 AMP
33 The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him].
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