I have experienced that when I am faithful to obey God's voice in the little things, then He is faithful in return to guide me and give me answers when I need to make important choices. What does this have to do with “defining my life?” For, as it’s written in Proverbs 4:23, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” God's voice guides me
When I am tempted to, for example: irritation, anxiety or suspicious thoughts towards people around me, lust for the opposite sex, or the temptation to be offended, I hear God’s voice telling me to say “No!” to these thoughts, so they aren’t allowed to enter my heart. It’s a battle I fight in my thought-life. It’s easier said than done, and it requires action against the sin that dwells in me. I sow to the good by doing God’s will – which is the good. God has given me the opportunity to define the rest of my life by what I sow – by the little choices I make during everyday life. My thoughts go to a verse in Galatians 6:7, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” I don’t need to be anxious about what the future will bring me.
The book has caused me to think introspectively. “Buy a house? Get married? University? Accept the job offer?” These important choices that we all have to make are often a cause for worry and anxiety, while others approach them with ignorance or even indifference. Jay describes twenty-somethings as caught in the middle of their ‘freedom years’ and the stress of trying to figure out what they should be doing for the rest of their lives.
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