You Can Make Choices But You Cannot Choose Consequences

"The Bible is full of stories of men and women who did great things for God, but didn’t finish strong." This is a message for patriarchs, a message explaining how to finish as Jacob finished, worshiping, blessing, resting in the promise of salvation.

Taking eternity into account changes things. Naturally it can be easy to forget about eternity, focusing instead on our own life and the time we assume is ours. "Numbering our days" enables us to stand back and glimpse the "mosaic" God has been creating from the beginning of time.

From one man in the journey of faith to another man in the journey of faith.

Once the Gospel begins to bear it's fruit in our lives, God's work is not over. His Holy Spirit continues that work. My sin nature must be faced. As Paul says, Christians still have the capacity for anger, bitterness, drunkenness, lust and fear.