Sometimes in life, we
stop enough to think about some decisions that we have made. Sometimes the
decisions have clear consequences that we feel we can live with, and sometimes
the decisions have consequences we feel are too heavy for us to deal with. There
are other times when we are not sure whether to continue with the path we had
earlier chosen or whether to return to a previous road that we had elected not
to take.
I find myself at such
a state in my life. There are some decisions that I made recently and I am not
sure I want to head in the direction I had earlier chosen. Yet there remains in
me a desire to continue on this path. I am a man at the entrance to a forked
road. There are many options available but there are only two methods to choose
which direction to follow. The first method is to choose the path that gives me
maximum benefit. If all goes well, this path will make me rich and hopefully
happy. I would also feel that I did what I wanted to do as opposed to following
another person’s vision. The second method is to completely abandon myself to
the path that I feel is God’s perfect desire for my life.
It may seem an easy
matter for a Christian to follow God’s path but what happens when any of
several given paths may be God-ordained? This is a lovely opportunity to
immerse oneself in prayer, to seek the face and guidance of God. Hopefully I
will see His finger pointing me in the one direction, but until then, many
thoughts flow through my mind.
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