Day 11 of False Choices: What did we learn?

My father did not like routine yard work; he disdained pushing a mower around or planting something here or there. But—what he was always up for—was a MAJOR project. In other words, something like, “I’m going to get a backhoe out here and move that hill of dirt to a different place.”

Don’t misunderstand me; my father was not a lazy person. But, he was not excited about doing the small outdoor chores. However, if it involved moving mountains or digging canals, anything major, he was in.

My father was and is not alone in tending to look for the big project while dreading the small. Now, for him, this was basically limited to yardwork scenarios; but for some, that way of thinking has found its way into every area of their life—even in their walk with the Lord.

Over the past 10 days we have examined and laid to rest 10 false choices. We looked at things wrongly thought to be one way or the other. Now, I am not, nor would I ever, be trying to find “middle ground” between good and evil or light and darkness; there are clear lines, and one has no fellowship with the other. But, in terms of experiential situations, something thought of (and rightly so) as being evil in one situation (e.g. killing another person), can actually be congratulated in another situation (e.g. killing a person while saving others or in self-defense).

What is my point? Certainly, it is not to confuse you any further, but to help you to understand that we have the Holy Spirit for a reason. Otherwise, the Lord would’ve just produced a book of rules and left us to adhere to it. No, He didn’t do that! He knew that although the written word would be crucial, it would not be useful unless rightly divided (understood) by way of the Holy Spirit.

Additionally, for those situations we don’t readily find “spelled out” in God’s word, we have the Holy Spirit to help us to see how God‘s word is applied in that situation.

I encourage you to go back over the “10 Days of False Choices” and identify—in your own life—where you have been subject to assuming that you had to make one of these choices. Maybe you even find yourself as I described my father: you have no energy for the daily or mundane and are always looking for some “big thing” to excite/ignite you. You may have even falsely assumed that if you can’t be a Billy Graham, then you can’t be useful to the work of the Lord.

Remember, you can start, here and now, walking in victory. That requires determining that every step will be informed, supported, and guided by the Holy Spirit.

There’s a very good reason that the Holy Spirit in our life is referenced as a gift. Open this Gift and allow Him to keep you out of making false choices or being trapped in the prison of two ideas.

Peace to you.

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