Wednesday, July 15th. Today's cherished Nugget from guest blogger Pastor Bill.

Former President Ronald Reagan said he learned the need for decision-making early in life.

An aunt had taken him to a cobbler to have a pair of shoes made for him. The shoemaker asked young Ronald Reagan, “Do you want a square toe or a round toe?” Reagan hemmed and hawed. So the cobbler said, “Come back in a day or two and let me know what you want.”

A few days later, the shoemaker saw Reagan on the street and asked what he had decided about the shoes. “I still haven’t made up my mind,” the boy answered. “Very well,” said the cobbler. When Reagan received the shoes, he was shocked to see that one shoe had a square toe and the other a round toe. Years later, Reagan said, "Looking at those shoes every day taught me a lesson. If you don’t make your own decisions, somebody else will make them for you!”

The sovereign God has made us people, not puppets. We have His Word to guide us, His love to redeem us, and His assurance that we are capable of making choices.

This side of eternity, each of us will make many decisions that will affect many areas of our lives. First and foremost is the decision to confess Jesus Christ as our Lord, which determines our eternal destination.

Jesus tells us,

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
(John 3:16-18)

Not to make the decision has consequences infinitely more important than the shape of a shoe.

"God, may these words reach some heart(s) for You today.
Amen."

Give God praise, glory, thanks, and your heart today.