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The Valley Of Decision Series
Contributed by Kealeboga Thobolo on Jan 23, 2021 (message contributor)
Summary: The valley of decision is before all of us constantly. And it is filled with roads, and crossroads, and crossings; there are ways that are narrow, and there are ways that are wide and broad
Joel means "Jehovah is God." Jo is a shortened form of Yahweh, Jehovah, and el is the generic word for God: We know Joel mostly because of the wonderful prophecy, in the second chapter of his book, regarding the coming of Pentecost: the pouring out of the Holy Spirit of God upon the earth, upon all flesh [Joel 2:28-32], That Peter preaches about in Acts 2:17. A decision is an opportunity to walk in God’s will, It’s a sharp, strict and vivid choice, the line between heaven of Hell, blessings or curse, good or bad, acceptance or rejection, success or failure, joy or sorrow. A man’s life is the sum of all decision they have made consciously or unknowingly. In fact we make over 2500 decisions and an average day. Some important and some not!
Joel talks of a scenario that he finds himself living in, Israel had rejected their God, Joel steps up to be the man that will awaken revival in Israel, Joel avails himself to be God’s point of contact in the land…
The valley of Decision
The greatest power that has been given into the hands of man is the power to make decisions for himself. The capacity of a man lies in his ability to make a decision, if you don’t make a decision you make a decision..
The bible multitudes are in the valley of Jehoshaphat, the valley of Decision but time and time again men fail to make decision worth destiny. Many find themselves in the confusion of what is right for them, Many of us have failed in an encounter to make a decision. We have been defeated by decision. From the beginning, in the Garden of Eden, the decision that mankind made, through Adam, to disobey God, has led us all into that same condition of rebellion against God. As a result, every one of us will face our own valleys of decision.
Have you ever been challenged with making decisions?
“What should I fix for dinner?” “What should I wear today?” “Where should I invest my money?” “Who should I date?” “Where should I go on vacation?” “What career should I pursue?” “Should we move?” “What doctor do I select?” “Should we take the job offer?” “Is this the person I am to marry?” “Do I buy these shoes are those?”
LIFE IS FILLED WITH CHOICES, CHOICES THAT AFFECTS US EVERYDAY IN EVERYTHING WE DO, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERYDAY CHOICES IS NOT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANCE.
Now all of us are summoned to it, all of us. I am born into it. I cannot escape it. The fact that I live, that I breathe, that my heart beats, that my mind can think, throws me into a world of inevitable and inexorable choice. I am forced to live in a world of decision; and my life, your life is made up of those decisions that we make.
The first men’s calling and assignment is to make a decision, the men’s last assignment is to make a decision. Many have ran away from their calling, the world is in chaos because the power of decision has been denied by many.
In Hebrew, the word for decision is charuts.
Det 30:19-20 9 Heaven records every decision you make.
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: That thou may love the LORD thy God, and that thou may obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Every decision that does not reference the spirit of God, is an error in decision.
Bad decisions
2 Sam 24: 1-10
David sinned against the Lord in numbering the people of Israel? Going to war instead of depending upon God, he disobeyed the Lord, counting his forces as though he, and his arm, and the great army with him gains the victory when actually it is God that gives victory. the Lord sent the prophet Gad to him and said, "David, God gives you three choices: one, seven years drought; two, three months to flee before your enemies; three, three days of pestilence. Now you tell me the answer, the decision, so that I can return it to Him who sent me, the Lord" [2 Samuel 24:11-13].
