How’s the New Year So Far?
Well, 2014 has barely begun, but I wonder how many dumb decisions you have already made? Some of you might have started 2014 with bad decisions on NYE! As the new year dawned you were doing things that you regretted on January 1st. As you reflected on those decisions maybe you concluded nothing will ever change.
Let me encourage you a bit with this thought, you and I can change if we learn to apply biblical wisdom in our decision process. When I saw the picture above I asked myself, “If I was hit in the head with this rock, would it get my attention?” My answer was, “YES!” That big rock hitting my head would get me to consider what I was doing. Wisdom, likewise, is like that. God’s wisdom will hit us in the head each time we walk in our own ways. But, unlike a real rock hitting our real head, God’s wisdom often doesn’t get our attention.
Sunday we continue our thoughts on wisdom from Ephesians 5:14-17. We will come back to our study in the Epistle of Ephesians and pick up where we left off before Christmas. We will again remind ourselves of what biblical and godly wisdom is. Today, January 2, make the decision to choose wisely in 2014. Make it your daily choice to put God’s Word into practice. When you fail, seek forgiveness and then start again.
Decisions can seem like they bind us forever. But, it’s what we do with the consequences of bad decisions that counts more. Like a great sage once said, “Ever notice the number of people watching is proportional to the stupidity of your actions?” (Charlie Brown) Don’t be stymied by what others say. Look to your Heavenly Father Who will walk each step with you.
