The Butterfly Effect.

My Pastor preached this morning on "The Butterfly Effect".  I remember watching a movie with that title, wasen't that impressed.  But, our pasror explained what this effect really is.  It was named after the wind created from a butterfly wings that was on one side of the world, could possibly create a hurricane on the other side.  Impossible, you say?  Well, as he went on, the action of one, could possibly have major consequences to others.  His point was that "actions matter".  If you talk to a neighbor, friend, co-worker, family member..............and they ask Jesus into their hearts, what will become of that life?  Could they become the next Billy Graham and have millions saved because of their ministry?  Will they have a son or daughter who becomes the next Gandi? Will millions be saved because of some discovery they made?  Will the have a child, who creates a miracle drug and save millions of lives?  We never know what one life can mean.   Thus : "The Butterfly Effect."
     Nothing we do is useless, our decisions matter.  I used to think, "What does the things I choose to do , or not to do, have to do with anything?"  Well I now realize they matter a lot. 
     There was a pretty bad movie I watched some time ago:  Someone had invented a time "Portal" where you could go back in time and visit historic dates.  They had made this into a "attraction" where people would pay quite a bit of money to visit historical dates in history.  On one such trip, they were visiting the Dinosaurs.  A "Pathway" would appear and the "visitors" were to stay on it.  They were very careful not to change anything, because it could have drastic effects on their persent.  Of course, you saw it coming as everyone did, something happened and the future they went to was vastly different then the one they left.   Why?  Because they changed something in the past.
     So, our dicisions we make, everyday, matter.  What if we did not go to work today, don't feel "that good"?  And in our absence, we do not talk to our co-worker, who is having marital problems.  We don't advise them to "stand up" to their spouse, and not take the abuse anymore.  They continue to be abused, and end up being killed.  Then what if their spouse who is now in jail for the rest of their life, was not witnessed to by someone, and  did not became a christian.  Now suppose this person had become a head of a Drug Rehap center who led people down the recovery path, by sharing Jesus with them.  Then they don't lead that future missionary to the Lord, who talks to the future leader of a terrorist organazation and gives his heart to the Lord, and dosen't become a terrorist.
Pretty far fetched?  You never know, this could happen, just because you wanted to take a day off.
  I am not saying never take a day off, what I am saying is:  Think about your decisions, and their consequences.  God has plans for us, and those plans have to do with other plans, which have to do with other plans..........................it's a micacle anything gets done.   But there   are alternative plans, which, I am sure, God  has to change on the fly, because we mess things up. 
     When the Holy Spirit prompts us to say something to someone, or just be nice to such and such, their is a reason, maybe just for that person, and for us, but ultimetley there may be much more.
Follow His direction, read His word, listen to that "still small voice" and remember our decisions matter.