So often in life we ask God to help us. We ask Him to heal us. We ask Him to deliver us and He does just that. He helps us, heals us, and delivers us and then we "choose" to go right back and do the same thing that caused us to need deliverance in the first place. There are times when we have to understand, that the situations we find ourselves in that bring us into a place where we need deliverance is based on the choices we make. God has given us the ability to choose. Not only did He give us the ability to choose, He even told us what to choose but He leaves the decision up to us.
God said in His Word, choose this day who you will serve in Joshua 24:15. We get to choose whether we are going to serve the god's of our forefathers or whether we are going to serve Him, the One, the True, the Living God. The question is raised in 1 Kings 18:21 to the people as to how long will they hesitate between two opinions and I raise that same question to you today. If you haven't made your decision yet that you are going to be completely sold out for God, when will you make it? When will you stop teeter-tottering between living for God and living life His way or living for the world and doing life the world's way? When will God win in your decisions concerning your life? When will He become the only choice you consider when it comes to decisions concerning your life?
Understand, a war can only start when their are opposing forces? In your heart and in your mind, you will experience opposing forces that even sometimes come through audible voices. When there is opposition in your life, you have to choose what side you are on. I pray today that you always choose God's side. I pray that you stay on the side that leads you to eternal life and not death. I pray that as you choose in every area of your life, that you choose righteously. UNDERSTAND, your choices are never just about you. Your choices lay the foundation for you and your descendants. Don't let your choices be a pitfall (a pitfall is a trap) that your children, grandchildren, and others whom God has placed in your circle of influence have to crawl out of and overcome. Let it be a firm foundation that they can stand on and build upon.
SCRIPTURE MEDITATION
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:
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