Choose life!

Choose Life!!

Deuteronomy 30:19-20
(19) I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
(20) loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

This is probably the most important message you can hear in your life. Even the Gospel is limited in its ability to change your life if you do not choose right. Life is found in Jesus Christ alone and in living in unity with Him through the power of the Holy Spirit, but if we do not choose to follow Jesus we will not experience the life He has for us. You see, everything that we experience in this world is based upon our decision to choose life or death.

Our walk with God and the benefits of that relationship is based upon the intensity of the intake of God’s Word and upon our prayer and fellowship with Him, but if we do not choose to spend time with Him we will not grow in our relationship and we will not walk in the ways of God. As I said before, everything in life is based upon decisions. Not choosing to love or be kind or to read the bible is still decisions. Not doing anything is a decision. This may sound strange, but it is true. We have to train our minds to think of the consequences of our behaviour. We have to kick procrastination and apathy out the door and be alert in our minds as it is critical for our wellbeing. We have to take control of our thinking and decision-making faculties and choose to do the right things, all the time.

God can not do this for us; He left the decision-making in our hands. Once we decide to do the right thing the Holy Spirit empowers us to accomplish what we decided to do. Too many Christians are just like dead fish floating in the river of this world. They don’t take control and decide to walk in victory and therefore the church is powerless and weak. The church is fatalistic and just accepts whatever comes their way as being from God. So often people blame disasters and tragedy on God and say that He allowed it in His sovereignty.

Proverbs 18:21 says that “life and death are on the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat it’s fruit”. I want to challenge you today to wake up and to look at your life and to ask God where He wants you to go with your life. Then use your power to choose and make decisions about your future. Start declaring the Word of God over your life as the truth and SPEAK health, wealth and prosperity. Don’t claim to be poor and helpless if you want to be blessed. Let your decisions and your words line up with the will of God; which is “prosperity, hope, A GOOD FUTURE and life”. If you do this then 2010 will be BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE.

Have a blessed New Year and may God open your eyes to understand His love and His calling upon your life.