Making Right Choices

Here we are in a new month and 2008 is well past half way. I am quite sure that 8 months ago, as the year began, that you had determined to make some changes in your life. That was a choice that you made, and a good one, no doubt. The question isn't so much what happened to those changes that were going to take place, as it is why did you make that decision in the first place. Decisions are made based upon the information that we have at hand. Sometimes we make rash decisions because we get in a hurry and don't take the time to get enough information. Sometimes we have all we need to know to choose rightly, yet, we think we can change the circumstances - a part of our knowledge - and we make a wrong decision. Joshua urged the nation of Israel to "choose you this day whom you will serve". Josh 24:15 I guess, when all things are considered, that is the ultimate decision - who are we going to serve? Will we serve self and our own satisfactions or will our heart's desire be to serve God? Joshua realized one very important fact and that was that he could only make that decision for himself. I know that he went on to say "as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord", but all he could do was to lead them in the right path so they could make the right choice. They had to determine the right course of action for them. It making the right choice simply consider these facts - what has the world done for me and what has God done for me? Enough said!