Choices We Make
When the Lord woke me up early this morning (no, it wasn’t the late night snack), He had me answer the WhatsApp on my phone from Jerusalem.
In the written conversation, the response came back to me when sharing about the choices we make, and where those decisions take us in the Lord.
Their response back, when I told of the purpose for this trip to Colorado…
“I hear that!!! I love both places but for us we can choose which. That is a different issue! My heart is split because of family…period.” She knew the cost which she had chosen to pay, the one to hear and obey.
My come back, “The Lord blesses us for the choices we make. Difficult choices but great rewards.”
After writing that I tried going back to sleep (1 am) but the Holy Spirit then spoke words from His Word to me as I lay there. So I got up to look up the full Scripture.
“Peter said, “Behold, we have left our own homes and followed You.”
And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times as much at this time, and in the age to come, eternal life.” Luke 18: 28-30, NASB
That was a tough response to hear regarding the deep, heart known statement Peter had just said to the Lord Yeshua (Jesus).
In some ways, I think Peter’s wife would have desired a different answer from Jesus, as her heart and life were tremendously affected by Peter’s decision to follow Him as he had already chosen to do so. (I can picture it now in The Chosen episode.)
Our choices will always affect those closet to us. So what will we do?
You have already made choices. In the late 1980s a pastor in Michigan spoke boldly in his message, “A choice you make today may not seem as not a big deal,, but that decision you make determines where you will be in 20-30 years from now, however small or large.”
And so He continues to direct our steps, if we continue to make the hard choices after His heart is known. But the reward is great!
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
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