In my reading of biographies one thing that often catches my attention is the decisions that are made in life. I think it cannot be denied that the course of our lives is greatly affected by the decisions we make. And many of those decisions may not appear at all consequential at the time. Every day we are confronted with many choices.
Robert Frost wrote about this matter of choices in his poems about two roads in a yellow wood. He speaks of taking the road “less traveled by” and how that has made all the difference.
There is a choice that the Bible speaks of that carries gargantuan consequences and it is a choice that is often made early in life and often without much real conscious deliberation. Paul speaks of it in Romans chapter one:
Romans 1:21-22
"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,"
The Bible is clear about this matter. The existence of God is obvious and what we do about that knowledge has life-long and eternal consequences. I think that this is what Jesus was addressing in the Gospel of John:
John 10:26-27
"But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:"
I am becoming increasingly persuaded that an individual’s response to the gospel is a result of a past decision to accept or reject the knowledge of God. And so it leads me to ask what you have done with this knowledge of God. It is the humble acknowledgment of God and responsibility to Him that makes us receptive to the Gospel when we hear it. Believing in God does not save us but it does cause us to have an alertness to the Gospel that can save us.
