Monday, October 6, 2014

Life Is About Choosing

Choose life. That was the message Moses gave to the children of Israel as they were preparing to cross over to the promised land. He said that they (and we) had the opportunity to choose for their lives to be blessed or cursed. He told them to choose life.

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

It seems like a simple matter, right? And yet, from time to time we will choose the wrong way to go. We will not choose God’s blessing and will go off and do our own thing. We end up choosing the curses. The good news for us is that if we repent, God forgives us and gets us right back on the right track. He gave up His Son that we might have this forgiveness. He also gave Him up that we might make the right choices because the words our in our hearts and minds as a part of the new covenant.

Today, let’s encourage one another to choose life.

Prayer
Father, we exalt You. Let Your kingdom reign today all around us. Let us be lights for Your kingdom to show people the way. Give us Your overwhelming provision today Father. Forgive us when we argue with our friends and families and say mean things. Help us all to heal, inside and out. Deliver us from evil and from evil men. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.