Two Choices

Why is it when you're facing a big decision or even a big challenge in your life that so many times you actually come face-to-face with two choices. Both seem right or okay yet you instinctively know you must choose correctly for the path you embark on will definitely have results...good or bad. What do YOU do?

Is there a way to know which path to take or which decision to make?

Read Luke 5:1-2: And it came to pass, that as the people pressed upon Him to hear the Word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake...

Notice anytime in the Word when the people pressed in to Jesus...He moved closer to them.

There will always be two choices in our spiritual life experience. These are placed in our path by the Lord to cause us to make a choice. Jesus will never enter the ship that relates to our self-life (our being in control of all that we say and do). When we make the right choice, Jesus will enter the ship that relates to His will and purpose for us, and become active in our spiritual life experience.

And He entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Luke 5:3

The "land" speaks of our self-life, in which we are in control and can do as we please. The "water" represents the realm of the Spirit, where the Lord is in control. For us to be "thrust out a little from the land" speaks of giving up the right to do as we please, so Jesus can bring us into a submissive, cooperative relationship with Him.

Here we will be "made ready" to function in the deeper realms of the Spirit (He sat down and taught the people). As we continue to make the right choices, the "water" will gradually become deeper and deeper until our feet can no longer reach the bottom.

...At the noise of [Your] waterspouts: all [Your] waves and [Your] billows are gone over me. Psalm 42:7

This tells us that the Lord is in control (all Your waves and billows are gone over me). Only now could Jesus say the following:

Now when He had left speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught." Luke 5:4

The heart consecration that we make by choosing to be obedient will prompt (release) Jesus to step into our "boat" (our life experience).

Our "willing obedience" is the determining factor in our becoming an overcomer. Being an "overcomer" is not the result of or the reward for something that we do. Rather, it relates to the intent and issues of our heart, which determines our actions.

Make the right choice. Move away from self-driven and rely on His control!

(portions of this post are from an article by Wade E Taylor)