If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left —Genesis 13:9
What good thing do I have in my life as a result of my superior decision making, hard work or careful planning? If I am honest the answer is none. I have great gifts: a beautiful, loving wife, an incredible daughter, fantastic greats and grands. I can claim credit for none of these; each was and is a pure gift from God.
Yet I continue to live as if my next decision or effort or thought will make all the difference. History teaches me it’s not significant. Whether I go right or left means considerably less than whether I go in faith believing that right or left is the direction He would have me go.
A life of faith is a life of “allowing” God to make your choice for you. Many of us do not continue to grow spiritually because we prefer to choose on the basis of our rights, instead of relying on God to make the choice for us. We have to learn to walk according to the standard which has its eyes focused on God. And God says to us, as He did to Abram, “. . . walk before Me. . .” ( Genesis 17:1 ) and be blessed.
Nick
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