Choose Life

When the Israelites were coming to the Promised Land, God gave them clear and distinct instructions to follow. He didn’t give a series of rules and regulations because He wanted to control them. Rather, He wanted them to live a good life filled with joy, peace, and the security of His presence. By choosing to obey God’s commands, they were choosing life. By choosing to disobey God’s commands, they were choosing death. As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we also can choose between life and death by how we live. When we choose God’s ways over our own desires, we choose to bring life to our dreams and destiny. In the same way, choosing to disobey or ignore key truths of God’s word will most certainly bring death to the purposes and plans of our lives. How can we daily choose life over death? C – Converse with God in prayer every single day. (Ephesians 6:18) H – Honestly evaluate our heart motives for why we do what we do. (2 Corinthians 13:5) O – Open our hearts and minds to know and live God’s word. (James 1:22) O – Order our priorities based on an eternal point of view. (Colossians 3:2) S – Seek opportunities to speak life into the lives of others. (Ephesians 4:15) E – Engage in activities that build the kingdom of God. (Acts 28:31) Our daily choices will result in the fruit of spiritual life or death. Our Lord gives us the freedom to choose so that we will follow Him with all of our hearts. His grace and favor will overtake us every morning as we choose life by obeying His commandments. PRAYER Dear Lord, I want to choose life every single day. Strengthen me to walk according to Your ways, leading to Your blessings. Amen.