No More Crossroads

We've all been through moments in life when we felt that a choice we were making was going to make our life so different depending on which road we were taking. hence crossroads or what we call life decisions. Robert Frost's "The Road less Travelled" sums that up pretty well. We often feel a sense of trepidation, a lump in the throat as we struggle to decide.

But as Christians, are there really such crossroads? We have already chosen Christ, and our salvation is assured by nothing less than the blood of Christ. True, there are moments when we feel as if we have to choose between the world and Christ. But we are sustained by Christ, marked and sealed by the Holy Spirit. In that light, we have come to The crossroad in our life and made our choice to follow Christ. There are no other crossroads in our life more important, more life-changing than that.

I am writing this in light of my own agonising over what i should do in terms of my career choices. Sometimes the perceived weight of that decision really bog me down and shackle me with intense navel gazing. The overwhelming sense of self pity causes me to withdraw and ignore the Lord's command to love sincerely. I become my own world, and how much smaller is that world!

So as i ran this morning and prayed and looked upon God's mighty work, i couldn't help but chide myself for forgetting that i had crossed the most important crossroad in my life. And oh what little faith i have that he will carry me through!

All this is further brought home as i watch the baptism today. By choosing Christ, we have made the most important decision that will last through eternity. And oh how small the rest of crossroads seem! And none of them will cause us to lose our way to heaven. What comfort that realisation brings! :)