Which way will you go?

     For my Sunday School Class student who might read this, well you heard this lesson this morning so you might want to tune out now or you can read on and see if you get anything new out of it. The lesson for the youth in Sunday School this morning was about Faith and how Jesus is the object of our faith and how by faith we live our lives. We discussed how we make decisions in our lives based on Faith and I told them about a story I heard on the radio this morning about how a man who had been married for 40 yrs but felt like his whole life was a waste because when he married this woman he had to choose, her or his calling to be a missionary for Christ. Now this woman was not a Christian at the time they married , and the story didn't say it but sounded like she wasn't a Christian 40 yrs later.And I began to think about my life and how the decisions we make along the path we call life can make us or break us. I shared a little with the youth about making a similar decision in my life and how it cost me for a number of years but how God has Given me a second chance to answer the calling he has for my life and how this time around, I am not going to make the same mistake as before.And through this revelation in my own life I felt like I needed to write this weeks Blog on Choosing which way you will go when you stand at the Fork in the road of life.
        In Joshua 24:14 Joshua tells the Israelis that they must choose you this day whom ye will serve, and this is a statement that rings true today as we must determine if we are going to choose Jesus Christ to be Lord of our lives, or are we going to choose the ways of the world. This is a Decision we MUST NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. Now it would seem like it's a pretty easy decision, but you would be surprised that for a lot of folks it's not that simple. For many people the decision is one that causes them sleepless nights and can make them so irritable that people just don't want them around them. That's called conviction of the spirit. God is working on them but they refuse to let go of their Earthly God's (money, Gambling, Alcohol, Drugs, Sexual Immorality, Etc.). For some they give in and surrender to God but then God Calls them to be a laborer in the fields and they say ohhhhh wait a minute , I didn't say I would get involved. Then you have those who surrender all and never look back, and what ever God calls them to do , they do. About 20 yrs ago I was one of those who said OK God I am here use me but when the call came I dabbled in it and said this ain't for me and ignored that calling on my life to preach the word and I paid for it.  Jesus said that if a man gets clean, or comes to Christ, and then falls back in to his old ways that its worse than it ever was in the first place. Matt 12: 43-45 " When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but it doesn't find any. Then it says I'll go back to my house that I came from. And returning it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order. Then off it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man's last condition is worse than the first ". I know this to be true from first hand experience. When I did not respond to the calling that God placed on my life, my whole life went into a tailspin and I lost all the ground I had made with Christ and a whole lot more. I turned into a person that people didn't even recognize or want to be around. My friends changed, and not for the better, and the sad thing was I didn't care. The worldly things got to be more important than God, Family or anything else. I went like this for probably 6-7 years until I moved up here to North Carolina and then God said OK, time to make a turn around but ya know what I tried to make that turn around on my own until I finally realized about a year ago, nothing I did was changing the condition of my soul. So I decided to rededicate my life to Christ and things have turned totally around. Oh don't get me wrong I am by no means perfect but God is doing amazing things in my life, and I know that he has reinstated my calling and once again I had a decision to make and ya know what, ....as for me and my house we will follow the Lord Joshua 24: 15. 
       Today Brother's and Sister's you may be standing at that fork in the road and trying to decide which way do I go? Well I say this pray and seek God's face and realize that the thief comes but to kill, steal and destroy, but Jesus has come that you might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). I pray that you will make the right decision for you and your family. I hope that in my testimony you will see that Christ is the only true road, and every other path out there is the path that leads to eternal destruction. God bless you and all who read this and remember, that if you need someone to pray for or with you I am always available.

In Christ's Love,
  Bill Roy
christcalled@gmail.com