“It’s both a blessing and a curse” is a phrase that is applicable qt lots of points in our lives. None more appropriate than in the arena of “choice.” God gives every person that He has created this powerful tool called “choice”; the authority to chose our response to any situation. God said in Deuteronomy 30:19 NKJV I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live
Our lives are dominated by choices. Everywhere we go, everything we do, we have to “choose” something. As children we resented the fact that we didn’t get to choose. As adults we spend lots of time analyzing and eliminating choices. Some are simple, others are much more involved. But the fact remains; the choices we make really do make us. They will prove to be either a blessing or a curse. What’s more, it’s not just the peer pressure of the earthly audience, but our choices have heavenly (eternal) implications as well (…I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you..).
All that pressure is absolutely more than humanity can handle alone. The blessing for us is that our process of choice is simplified because it is contained within God’s choice of us. God’s choice of us is irrefutable: John 15:16 KJV Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you…1 Peter 2:9 KJ But ye are a chosen generation… He has Divinely chosen us as a “choice makers.” The great thing for us is that God never gives the opportunity of choice without the positive influence of His power. Vs. 19… that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; His law and judgment clarifies our options. While His mercy leads us and leans us toward the choice for a life with Him. As His grace guides us down uncharted paths.
Vs. 19…therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. He not only pronounces the problem, He provides for us the correct answer. All that remains is for us to have the courage to make the right choice. Our choice is within His choice. He has set the table for our success, provided every needed resource, given grace sufficient for the journey. Now just CHOOSE LIFE! You’re not an isolated “choice maker” that has to figure all of it out by yourself. Our choice to love and live for Him is made simpler by His choice to love, live, and die us.
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