As a rule, we think twice when with big decisions. The tendency is natural, we don't stop to think when it comes to unimportant things, after all it doesn't matters, does it? For example, someone who chooses to eat healthily every day or to exercise will not see immediate results, but future and these will be decisive for their health.
Behind every choice there is a following consequence.
In 2018 I heard at least an intriguing story. A local TV news program was reporting on the disappearance of a sixteen-year-old girl. That weekend she had received two invitations, one from a English course's colleague, to go to a church party as a way of attracting young people to get to know God. The other invitation was from her friends to a rave-type party in a place far from the city.
That girl chose to go with her friends to that party, and a few days after her disappearance, her body was found dumped on the road. Her father used to take her everywhere she wanted to go, he made a point of keeping her free to do whatever she wanted. And yet she lied to him and went without his knowledge.
That simple choice meant death for her. Ah, if only she had chosen the other invitation. Oh if she hadn't told her father a simple lie.
Tragic, isn't it? So you might think, "not everything has that outcome". It's true.
There are other choices that seem stupid in the sense that we're losing out or making a loss, but in reality, we're changing course towards an extraordinary destiny.
This is what happened to Ruth, a Moabitess who was the widow of Naomi's son, an Israelite widow who lived in the land of Moab and when she lost her children she decided to return to her homeland.
In his resolution, he released his daughters-in-law to return to their parents' home, but Ruth refused and decided to go with her mother-in-law, even though she knew she would never be able to rebuild her life and would have to take care of a lady's support.
Naturally, it seemed like a choice of loss, but it was precisely the decision that would change her story, a simple and ordinary destiny to become a king's lineage, because of her act of generosity she was recognized and admired by the prosperous Boaz who married her and begot King David's grandfather until he came to Jesus, yes. The choice that seemed to be loss introduced her into royal lineage and into the History of our Savior who changed the history of humanity
Perhaps the choice ahead is even simpler, like that of Hezekiah, an Israelite king who experienced God's supernatural intervention in his kingdom, with an impossible victory over an undefeated enemy, and a supernatural cure for a deadly disease.
After these events, he began to receive gifts and praise even from neighboring nations, because the event was recognized by everyone. This exaltation went to his head, and pride kicked in.
When an entourage of ambassadors from the Babylonian princes came to visit him bearing gifts, he made a point of showing off everything he had. He showed them his treasure, gold, silver, precious spices and ointments, a house of arms, there was nothing Hezekiah didn't show them.
It was this simple choice to flaunt what he had that brought a curse on his posterity, the Prophet warned
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah,
"Hear the word of the Lord:
Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have hoarded up to this day, shall be carried to Babylon, and nothing shall be left, says the Lord. And they shall take of your children whom you have begotten, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
2 Kings Chapter 20, verse 17-18
Every day we are faced with small choices, unimportant decisions in which we don't even consult the Lord, every day whispers from the Holy Spirit, inviting us to get to know God more, to dedicate time to his word, every day our conscience speaks, and what do we do? We drown out these voices.
The problem is that the more we silence the voice of the Spirit, who convinces us of the error in our lives, the harder it is to hear him. The more we silence our conscience, the more difficult it is to perceive.
"Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: If you hear his voice today, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation, in the desert. "
Hebrews 3:7,8
Small choices, simple decisions will become big results tomorrow.
18 Then Jesus said, "What does the kingdom of God look like? 19 It is like a mustard seed that a man sowed in his garden. It grew into a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.
Luke chapter 13
Choosing to listen to the voice of the Spirit, choosing to embrace biblical principles is a personal decision, which at first is a small step, but tomorrow will make a difference. Like a small seed today that's becoming a great tree tomorrow
A simple choice can mean the difference between death and life, ordinary and extraordinary, blessing or curse
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