CROSSROADS
Have you ever set out on a journey you thought you knew how to arrive at your destination, only to find yourself at a crossroad not knowing whether to turn left or right?
I happen to have the personality type that loves to have everything in sequence, e.g. A followed by B then C, D, E, F e.t.c. When F comes after A, then B and G, you loose me, then panic sets in and my brain tries frantically to put things back in a sequence of some sort, to bring me back to balance. The Disc personality profile describes people like me as having a C personality. When teasing people with a C personality, I usually tell them their C stands for certainty, that’s why they freak out when things get out of sequence!
If people with my personality types have their way, life will be all full of certainty. Wait a minute… can you imagine a life where everything is predictable, no surprises or any kind uncertainties? Boring! Boring! Boring! God designed life as an adventure of faith, meaning there will be countless times life will bring us to a crossroad, where we will need to make a decision whether to turn right, left or keep moving forward.
I am not a fan of ‘life’s crossroads’ when I do not know prior to arriving there which way to turn. What do you think the underlying fear is for people in such situations? Most times it is the fear of failure. If you are just starting out in life, adventure can be a fun word but for those who have made a couple of mistakes in the past (especially ones with high price tags), risks may not be a fun word to them, even informed risk. Unfortunately, the degree of our success in life is greatly influenced by the level of risk we are willing to take. To live life completely risk averse will result in never attaining to the fullness of your personal potential.
The way to go is to take informed risk. What does that mean for a believer? It means staying ignorant of whom you are and what being a citizen of heaven has made available to you, will not only limit you, but could destroy you, therefore we need to educate ourselves.
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children (Hosea 4:6 NIV)
There are different aspects of life we need to educate ourselves on depending on our calling, but the most fundamental aspect that is common to everyone is God’s law, which is also His word. Does being educated mean you will always know what to do all the time? No. But the bible assures us that the steps of the just man are ordered by God (Psalm 37:23). How does it work? We are instructed in Ephesians 6:15, as part of our armor to have our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, which is the word of God. If we shod our feet with the word of God, the word will always lead us in the right direction because of Psalm 119:105.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path (Psalms 119:105 NIV)
To shod our feet with the word is like wearing the word as shoes and like shoes we stand on them and walk in them. The word not only becomes a support for our frame (our lives), but also a protective covering. Some ways to get the word are by reading our bibles, listening to the bible on various electronic devices, reading Christian literatures, listening to Christian radio, watching Christian TV.
Does this mean you will always know what to do at the ‘crossroads of life’? Not necessarily. However, if you stay in the word and life brings you to a crossroad, not knowing which way to turn, rather than back off, listen to your heart, then turn in whatever direction it leads you. I can most assuredly say that whether you turn left or right or keep straight ahead, you will arrive at your destination, some routes may be longer than others, but you will certainly get there because EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD… (Romans 8:28). You certainly qualify as ‘those who love the Lord’, because you have not ignored His law (word), you have stood on it and are walking in it.
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:13-14 NIV)
Don’t let the ‘crossroads of life’ intimidate you, fear not, child of God, your heavenly Father has got your back, keep moving ahead, it shall be well!
To your victory!
With Love,
Angela
I happen to have the personality type that loves to have everything in sequence, e.g. A followed by B then C, D, E, F e.t.c. When F comes after A, then B and G, you loose me, then panic sets in and my brain tries frantically to put things back in a sequence of some sort, to bring me back to balance. The Disc personality profile describes people like me as having a C personality. When teasing people with a C personality, I usually tell them their C stands for certainty, that’s why they freak out when things get out of sequence!
If people with my personality types have their way, life will be all full of certainty. Wait a minute… can you imagine a life where everything is predictable, no surprises or any kind uncertainties? Boring! Boring! Boring! God designed life as an adventure of faith, meaning there will be countless times life will bring us to a crossroad, where we will need to make a decision whether to turn right, left or keep moving forward.
I am not a fan of ‘life’s crossroads’ when I do not know prior to arriving there which way to turn. What do you think the underlying fear is for people in such situations? Most times it is the fear of failure. If you are just starting out in life, adventure can be a fun word but for those who have made a couple of mistakes in the past (especially ones with high price tags), risks may not be a fun word to them, even informed risk. Unfortunately, the degree of our success in life is greatly influenced by the level of risk we are willing to take. To live life completely risk averse will result in never attaining to the fullness of your personal potential.
The way to go is to take informed risk. What does that mean for a believer? It means staying ignorant of whom you are and what being a citizen of heaven has made available to you, will not only limit you, but could destroy you, therefore we need to educate ourselves.
My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children (Hosea 4:6 NIV)
There are different aspects of life we need to educate ourselves on depending on our calling, but the most fundamental aspect that is common to everyone is God’s law, which is also His word. Does being educated mean you will always know what to do all the time? No. But the bible assures us that the steps of the just man are ordered by God (Psalm 37:23). How does it work? We are instructed in Ephesians 6:15, as part of our armor to have our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, which is the word of God. If we shod our feet with the word of God, the word will always lead us in the right direction because of Psalm 119:105.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path (Psalms 119:105 NIV)
To shod our feet with the word is like wearing the word as shoes and like shoes we stand on them and walk in them. The word not only becomes a support for our frame (our lives), but also a protective covering. Some ways to get the word are by reading our bibles, listening to the bible on various electronic devices, reading Christian literatures, listening to Christian radio, watching Christian TV.
Does this mean you will always know what to do at the ‘crossroads of life’? Not necessarily. However, if you stay in the word and life brings you to a crossroad, not knowing which way to turn, rather than back off, listen to your heart, then turn in whatever direction it leads you. I can most assuredly say that whether you turn left or right or keep straight ahead, you will arrive at your destination, some routes may be longer than others, but you will certainly get there because EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD… (Romans 8:28). You certainly qualify as ‘those who love the Lord’, because you have not ignored His law (word), you have stood on it and are walking in it.
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:13-14 NIV)
Don’t let the ‘crossroads of life’ intimidate you, fear not, child of God, your heavenly Father has got your back, keep moving ahead, it shall be well!
To your victory!
With Love,
Angela
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