Think Again
Published: Sat, 03/16/24
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It’s safe to say that life is the sum of the decisions we make. Why? Because a successful life is based not on a few big decisions made at a few big moments but on thousands of normal decisions made at thousands of normal moments. I bet you’ve made a bad decision thinking it was only a one-time thing, then later realized it put you on a slippery path. It felt like that choice gave you permission to keep making the same choice or similarly bad ones. Somehow your bad decision multiplied. We make our decisions, and then our decisions make us. The decisions you make today determine the stories you tell tomorrow. Your decisions determine your direction, and your direction determines your destiny. So if your life is moving in the direction of your decisions, do you like the direction your decisions are taking you? The Power of Pre-DecisionYou will decide now what you will do later. Ask God to help you decide now what you will do later. With his help, what you do now can be different from what you did before on your own. We get stuck thinking, I’ve always been this way, always done these things. It is what it is, I am what I am. But God says, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!” (Isa. 43:18–19). We partner with God in the new thing he wants to do in our lives by making new
decisions. We make these decisions with God and submit them to him. And what does God do? “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans” (Prov. 16:3). Craig Groeschel, Think Ahead: 7 Decisions You Can Make Today for the God-Honoring Life You Want Tomorrow (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2024), 7–9. We have just released a 8-week study on the topic: Think Ahead by Craig Groeschel. You can get it on Amazon. It is also available as part of Good Questions Have Groups Talking.
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