Life is about choices and every
day we have lots of decisions to make, some big, some small. We don’t always get it right, and at times we
simply make bad decisions. The
incredibly good news though is that God is not limited by our foul-ups, frailties,
and foibles.
Things to think about:
· The Bible is
full of examples of people who made poor decisions
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Adam and Eve listening to the serpent and eating the apple
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Abraham sleeping with Hagar
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Jacob tricking his father
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Joseph bragging to his brothers
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David seducing Bathsheba
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And on and on and on the list goes
§ In each of
these cases, God still did a mighty work through these flawed individuals
§ No matter
what you’ve done, God’s not done with you either!
· In our
weaknesses, God’s strength is made all the more obvious
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But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for
my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the
more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That
is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in
hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then
I am strong.
· For some
folks, the fear of a mistake can lead to analysis paralysis. For others, there is a fear of making a commitment,
so they don’t commit either way
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1 Kings 18:21 - Elijah went before the people and said, “How long
will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow
him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”
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James 1:6-8 - But when you ask, you must believe and not
doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and
tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from
the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all
they do.
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Isaiah 30:21 - Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your
ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
§ God doesn’t
expect us to have perfect wisdom, that’s His job. He does expect us though to always be
listening and trusting when we do hear from Him.
· Other times, in
our weakness we do make poor judgments
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Romans 7:21–25: So I find this law at
work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in
my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work
in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of
the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will
rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who
delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
· And there is the
key, God can deliver us even when we blow it.
While we may have some scar tissue to show for it, it won’t be eternally
fatal.
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Romans 8:1-2 - Therefore, there is now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law
of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law
of sin and death.
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