Decisions Determine Destiny
Tim Lewis

Decisions are important because they affect your destiny in life and in eternity. You don't need a GPS to tell you that certain decisions are going to lead you away from God. When Achan took the devoted things after the battle with Jericho, how could he have expected things to turn out any differently than the way they did? He must have known from the very beginning how that decision would end. He had to know that he was taking a very precarious course in life and that acting as he chose could only end badly, just as it did. Achan and his entire family were executed (Joshua 7:24-25). When Samson gave way to the affection of his heart and revealed the secret of his strength to Delilah, he had to have known, or at least suspected, the risk he was taking. She had betrayed him on three previous occasions. It is almost inconceivable to believe that this man could not have guessed the end from the beginning; yet he foolishly gave in to her nagging request. He told her the secret of his strength, and that reckless decision cost him his supernatural strength, his eyesight, his freedom and eventually his life (Judges 16). I want to urge you not to make the same foolish mistake that Achan and Samson made. Don't fool yourself into thinking the road you are on will end somewhere other than where it is so obviously leading. If the path you are currently traveling is not taking you where you want to go, then the wisest thing you can do is change your direction now. Just remember this, when you pick a path in life you are also choosing a destination. Jesus simplifies this truth by reminding us of only two roads in life: one is wide, and the other is narrow. Those two roads are leading to one of two destinations - destruction or life (Matthew 7:13-14). You are on one of those two roads. You are steadily moving toward one of those two destinies, and your decisions will direct you there.