Life is a series of choices. We make our decisions and our decisions turn around and make us. You are who you are today because of decisions and choices you made years ago. Most of the time we don’t realize how important small choices can be. That’s especially true when we are young. Many of life’s most important decisions are made during our teenage years:

· Where will I go to college?

· What will I major in?

· Should I get married? And if so, who will I marry, and how will I meet my future mate, and when will it happen?

· What career will I choose?

· Who will be my best friends?

· What kind of content will I absorb?

· How far will I go? Will I keep myself pure?

· Will I follow the crowd or will I chart my own course?

And sooner or later we face the most important decision of all: Will I decide to follow Jesus? This question is crucial because surveys repeatedly show that 90% of all those who come to Christ do so by the age of 18. And by following Christ you are deciding to follow Him and not what this world/culture would have you follow.

Believe it or not we are at a turning point in our country and we will have to make a decision about who and what we will follow. We’ve been in this dilemma for some time but it really took center stage in 2020. And the decision we are facing, our kids, grandkids and great grandkids are facing is not unsimilar to what we see in Scripture.