Glimpses of Truth

I Want Life

Times are changing.  Not just the seasons, but the seasons of life change as we grow – sometimes older.  This day I guess I’m thinking about growth.  Yes, it’s Fall, and some things are dying while others are resting and storing up strength for another season of beauty and growth.  There’s that word again.   There are so many different things which seem to invade my space each day that I don’t always have time for growth.  And then when things quiet down – well, I’m so indecisive.  Well, at times I feel that way.  I just can’t seem to make up my mind when I really need to.  It’s not trauma, it doesn’t pull me apart.

 I run across people who seem to have the answer to anything and everything the moment they are asked.  I’m sure that I’m that way often, maybe too often.  The answer was given before I prayed about it, before I weighed the pros and cons.  The answer may have been given before I knew the facts and before I received counsel from someone who just may have been a little wiser on the subject than me. 

Some might say, “Just go ahead make your decision – and live with it.”  But that, as I have found out, is not a mark of maturity.  I’m afraid we’ve all made those decisions.  Decisions.  Growth.  Good decisions, I’ve come to understand, are based on the right kind of growth. 

Some decisions were poor decisions based on my ability to absorb the facts as I had perceived them.  They seemed to be good decisions at the time.  Remember, times are changing.  New happenings, new circumstances change the facts and continually need new decisions.  It doesn’t always mean that the first decision was incorrect, but it does mean the issues need to be re-evaluated on a regular basis.  That requires an on-purpose growth.  Life continues, sometimes in the slow lane, but most likely in the fast lane.

Now, all this talk may seem to make no sense, be too complicated or oversimplified.  You’ll have to make that choice.  So, where do I go from here?  Life is always filled with crossroads.  I had rather not go there.  However, one sign, going one way, just ain’t going to happen.  Decisions.  Growth. 

If I’m going to have any chance of choosing the right direction, then I must go to the Source Who has all the right answers.  God has all the answers.  He gives all the directions.  He does speak to us through His Word.  Nevertheless, one of the glories of being His highest creation is that He lets us make our own decisions.

So grow.  I mean pray.  Pray for guidance.  Search for and master the facts.  Then you’ll have a good chance to make a good choice.  It will be evidence of our growth.  Go ahead.  Ask God daily as did David in Psalm 25:4, “Show me they ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.”

The crossroads that I encounter each day have two choices--God’s way or my way.  And right up front I’m reminded of Proverbs 14:12, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” 

Nuff said.  “I want life.”