by Angie Lewis

Created on: October 08, 2009   Last Updated: October 23, 2009

How Can I Stop Making Foolish Choices?

Spiritual wisdom and knowledge are learned through having a personal relationship with the Creator of wisdom and knowledge. If our relationship with Christ is faltering, detached, uncommitted, or rebellious we are more prone to walking life under our own foolish understanding.

That is what I did. I walked foolishly, not understanding God's wisdom for my life. Thankfully I found the road that leads to God and overcame foolishness and folly. I realized I was a fool for not following in the ways of the Lord. Today I am a smart woman heeding the principles of Christ in my life in every which way that I can. Let me share with you what I have learned.

Who is a fool? The bible tells us that a fool is someone who says in his heart, "There is no God". (Psalms 14:1) But atheists are the only people who would deny the existence of God? Reality dictates that many of us have been mislead into believing that all we have to do is think we believe in God and we're saved Christians.

But the truth is, if we are not following in the ways of the Lord then what kind of a Christian would we be for ourselves and to others? The true Disciples of Christ have taken up their cross and are following Him, learning from Him, and sharing what they know with others, and so can you.

Why Do We Make Foolish Lifestyle Choices

Have you made some unwise choices in your life? Everyone does foolish things from time to time, but why do some people remain in foolishness? It is because they have not outgrown silly wayward patterns and habits and grown spiritually in the Lord. Their relationship with the Lord has never been established or has become faltered somehow.

The difference between a foolish person, who is a slave to their foolish ways, and the person who does something foolish once in a while is simply this: to err is to be human, but to continue in that err is to be a slave to it. In essence you become a slave to whatever is controlling your behavior.

We make foolish choices because we really don't have a close relationship with God. Going to church once a week and then carrying on with our day-to-day lifestyle is not conducive to the Christ-like walk. When God is out of our mind we dwell on things of the material world and those are the things that keep us occupied-buying a new car, paying the mortgage, spending hours shopping for stuff that we really don't need.

We have to ask ourselves, "What is controlling my behavior? Can I give it up for good?" Absolutely

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