The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life. I don’t mean that as a commonly used colloquialism. Like when something bad happens and people say, “The story of my life.” I’m thinking more in terms of the ‘story of my life’ in the sense of how our life story ends up.

One of the easy patterns of thinking to get into is to start thinking that what’s going to happen is going to happen. That everything is already predetermined and there’s nothing we can do about it. I’ve had a tendency to think this way in times past. But this isn’t true. It’s actually quite far from the truth. Our choices have consequences for good or for bad. If we start to think everything is predetermined, then we easily get into a fatalistic thought pattern. Which is a negative thought pattern. So, to put it simply: when we do something, we produce something—when we do nothing, we produce nothing. Don’t you love how I simplify things?

Anyway, the danger of thinking this way is that we may have had an opportunity to make a positive change in our lives, or the lives of others, but end up missing it because we feel like everything is just predetermined. But we have freedom of choice, which gives us the opportunity to make positive changes in life, and also be conscious of the consequences of negative choices.

You may not remember these because it was either before or after your time. But when I was growing up there were these category of books called ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’. When you read a regular novel, whatever you read is whatever you get. You don’t have any choice in the matter. Well, these ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books would all start out the same. But then they would have a number of different endings you could choose from. So, the story wasn’t set in stone. You could decide how it ended. These books seemed to be pretty popular with kids because they liked having the option to choose the ending.

I think this is a more accurate picture of our lives. It’s more like a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’, and less like a regular novel where the story is already predetermined. But if we were to really get technical, we are actually writing our life story one page at a time. We decide where the story goes every day of our lives. That’s the power we have individually.

So, the only question left is, “What are we going to do with it?” Think of your life right now, today, as a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’. You have a myriad of possibilities, and you get to pick from an endless number. This reality, itself, can be daunting. But we shouldn’t be afraid of it in the sense of choosing the exact right one. Sometimes there are a number of good options. We just need to pick from any number of the good ones.

…Let’s go deeper

AV Deuteronomy 30:19 says, “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:” God makes it clear in His word that He has given us a free choice in how we live. He makes the choice clear for us. We can choose life or death. We can choose blessing or cursing. And we make that choice by either going His way, or our own way. This is the ultimate choice we have to make.

We also have to make choices about what we’re going to do in the face of adversity. AV Micah 7:8 says, “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.” This is a statement of strength. It’s saying, “Hey don’t let the looks of things fool you. I may be down, but I’m not out. Even though things may look dark all around me, I know God is still with me and He will light the way.” This is the comfort we have. No matter how dark things may look. We have God’s assurance that He is with us.

AV Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.” Even though we have a free will, God also guides us within the context of that free will. We may start off in one direction, when in some way, He may show us to go in a different direction. Sometimes He may do this through circumstances.
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AV Psalms 32:8 says, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” God also speaks to us and guides our hearts with His Holy Spirit. He may speak specifically to us on a matter to make it clear to us. Often times, though, we need to ask Him. And if we ask Him to, He will guide us.

AV Ps 119:105 . “NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Another good way God will guide us is through His word. Sometimes we can get a clear answer in the Bible about what the right answer is. It can speak directly to a situation we’re in at the time.

Many times as Christians we can be prone to thinking that everything is predetermined. We believe that God is in control, so what’s going to happen is going to happen. We forget, though, that God has given us free agency over our lives. We can ‘Choose Our Own Adventure’. But, as we submit to Him, he works within the context of that free agency to bring about the best results for our lives.

AV Deuteronomy 30:19 says, “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”

AV Ps 119:105 . “NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”