Everyday choices and decisions are investments into our future. If those choices and decisions are good, we reap a future of peace and fulfillment. However, if they are born out of indiscretion, we end up suffering and being miserable. I have lived long enough to see how people go about life with self-inflicted wounds simply because they acted without wisdom. This is why the word of God says wisdom is profitable to direct (See Ecclesiastes 10:15).
“If there was ever a time to ask God to give us discretion in our choices and decisions, it is now.”
Let us illustrate the point by looking at a life that showed indiscretion and ended miserably. In Genesis 13, Abram took precautionary steps to avoid friction between himself and his nephew. Rather than struggle for pasture that was becoming too small to support their flocks, Abram offered Lot the option of separation. As the story unfolds, Lot chose the east segment toward Sodom and Gomorrah because of greener pastures there. Abram remained in the land of Canaan. Lot’s problem was not just making the first choice but choosing from a carnal mindset. Beyond this, he chose a place that had no future, because, God had already earmarked Sodom for destruction. The future actually belonged to Canaan, the place Abram chose. It is an act of indiscretion to choose today over tomorrow. It is a poor choice to think of the gains of today without thinking of tomorrow. As the story of Lot showed, he struggled from one problem to another. He first became a prisoner of war, then he lost his wife, and finally, his daughters drugged him into incestuous relationships. If there was ever a time to ask God to give us discretion in our choices and decisions, it is now.