Decisions-Decisions

Decisions-Decisions

Before I begin the thoughts I want to share, I just wanted to say that Betty and I pray that everyone had an awesome resurrection Sunday.

This was a special year since the Easter celebration united all Christian faiths. Often the Orthodox church celebrates different days due to the calendar they observe. This year the date fell along with the rest of us. A great season of unity as we rejoiced together.

I want to share some thoughts about decisions. All of us make a number of decisions everyday. Most are just simple life decisions. When do I get up, go to bed, fix dinner, and so on and so on.

I want to talk a little bit about the decisions we make that move us from normal, to extraordinary. Over the course of the next few weeks I will probably address this topic several times.

The decisions we make, in regard to our walk with God are important. More so than we think at times. We must continually be aware of our purpose, and how these decisions will influence it.

Many times our heart will move us to do something. Love and dedication to Christ will guide us in the process.

There are many Biblical examples of these type decisions.

I want to share one of my favorite from the Old Testament. The book of Ruth, to be exact.

You can read it when you get a chance. It goes kind of like this, and I will make it short.

Naomi and her husband, along with her two sons moved to the land of Moab due to a famine in the land. Her husband died after a period of time.

Her two sons took wives from the land of Moab. One married Ruth, and the other married Orpah. After about ten years the sons also died.

Naomi heard that things were better back home so she set herself to go back to her homeland. She kissed her daughters- in-laws, and charged them to go back home to their homeland in Moab.

Here is where normal and extraordinary collided. Orpah chose to go back home. That in itself, doesn’t seem wrong. In reality it wasn’t. It was a normal decision. She had family there, friends, that she could join with again. She would have felt at home.

Ruth on the other hand surprised Naomi by saying she would never leave her. Ruth would go back with Naomi. Naomi’s land, and her God would be Ruth’s.

I love this story.

This was an extraordinary decision. Ruth made the decision to change her life completely. Adopt a different culture, and worship a different God. Learn the ways of Naomi and the God of Israel.

Let me share with you the picture I get from these two decisions. .

Orpah went back home. As I said earlier, that in itself would have been a normal, comfortable decision.

The Babylonian Talmud tells us that God gave Orpah four sons. All four were Giants.

Ruth Married and became the Great Grandmother of David. The David whose house our Lord would come from.

Long before that would occur something else interesting happened.

One of Orpah’s sons was named Goliath. Are you starting to get my point?

Orpah birthed a giant. Ruth became the Great Grandmother of a giant killer.

I love this stuff.

Remember when you walk with Christ, your decisions can have an effect that moves forward, far into the future.

Pray, listen, seek counsel if necessary. Make sure the counsel you seek is from someone who is not afraid of the extraordinary.

I pray that something here has caused you to think. Be blessed in your decisions.

God is bigger in you than you think.

#lovewins #hopelives