CONSEQUENCES!

Saturday, March 6, 2019

CONSEQUENCES!

Gal 6:7

7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Job 4:8

8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

           Dr. Charles Stanley defines consequences as “The price we pay or the benefit we derive from our decisions.” According to multiple sources on the Internet, the average amount of remotely conscious decisions an adult makes each day equals about 35,000. In contrast, young children only make about 3,000 decisions each day.

           Every decision we make is a seed sown in the rich soil of circumstances. Decisions change the course of history! It may take a season before the harvest but the harvest will surely come.

           Youth and inexperience often make bad decisions and plant the seeds of retribution and difficulty. These need not be permanent and by them we grow in wisdom and experience. Literally, we learn by our mistakes not to make those same mistakes again. At the end we are able to give sage advice to younger people if they will listen. If they do not listen they learn through consequences.

1 Cor 10:9-11

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened unto them [the Jews in the wilderness] for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition.

Dear Lord, with 35,000 decisions to be made today, there is a strong possibility that I will make a few bad decisions. Lord, be gracious and merciful when I act stupidly. AMEN