Several years ago, I made a decision that changed the course of my life. I was preparing to enter the university and planned on going in to study medicine. About that time, there was a protracted industrial action that kept universities shut for several months.

During that period, I got thinking and wasn’t sure I wanted to study medicine again. I thought about my love for machines which ran alongside my interest in biology and the science of life and decided I might be better off as an engineer. So I bought another JAMB form and applied for an engineering course in another university. Today I am an engineer who is enjoying what I do.

That singular decision changed the course of my life. I had to go to a different city to study. I made new friends I may never have met if I was studying medicine. I now work in a different work environment from what obtains in the medical world. My way of thinking has possibly been affected by the course I studied and the dynamics of my work. As simple as this decision I made as a teenager was, it has had life-defining impact on my future.

We make choices every day of our lives. Choices as simple as what we wear or eat, where we go to or who we call on the phone. There are some bigger ones like the choice of who to marry or whether to undergo that surgery or follow another doctor’s advice to use a certain medication. We usually can take these decisions on our own but might sometimes want the counsel of an ally. But ultimately, we are responsible for the outcome of our decisions and we enjoy the benefits or bear the consequences – benefits or consequences we may not be able to transfer to anyone else.

Life is a product of the choices we make. We are where we are today because of the choices we made yesterday. What we experience tomorrow would be the result of the decisions we take today. The power of the future is in our hands and we will do well to think carefully about the choices we are making today. What decisions are we making today? What are we spending our time doing? What activities and actions are our priorities today?

I want you to welcome tomorrow with smiles and a joyful heart. I want you to look back on your past with gratitude to God rather than tearful regrets for the choices you made.

One choice you make today can alter the next set of choices you would make. That choice can set you on a course of right and productive choices for the rest of your life. I want you to make that choice today in case you haven’t already. I made that choice already and I am grateful I did. I want you to consider strongly the decision of accepting the offer of life that Jesus gives. He said, He came to give life and to give it more abundantly. Accept His offer today and let Him help you with the rest of the choices you have to make in life.

John 1 verse 12 says Jesus empowers those who receive Him to become the children of God. Again in Romans 8:14, the Bible says those who are the children of God are led by the Spirit of God. This means when we make that choice to receive God’s gift of life through His son Jesus, we can rely on God’s Spirit to guide us in making other decisions in life, both the simple ones and the tough ones. The way to find out if this is true is to go ahead and make that choice today and build a relationship with Jesus Christ. Trust me, you can never be wrong on this!

So let’s pray this prayer together. Dear Lord Jesus, I thank you for your offer of life to me. I know you love me deeply in spite of my past. You died for me and your blood was shed for my sins. I accept you as my Savior and Lord and I ask that your blood would wash me clean of every sin. Thank you for your gift of abundant and eternal life in Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Welcome home friend.

If you have already made this choice, please share this with your friends who need to make this choice too. Thank you.