“Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.” Job 34:4 (ESV)
Choose what is right . . . Don’t you just wish that every decision would be the right one?
We make choices every day. Sometimes we choose without any conscious awareness.
Many of those decisions are benign . . . we could have decided another way and it wouldn’t make a huge difference in our lives. But some are extremely important to the focus of our lives. It is that level of choice that I want to influence.
A particular choice, with its inherent ramifications, is not what concerns me. The essential element of choosing is already present in me. So what is the issue? Will I choose wisely or foolishly? Is my life focus toward God and wisdom or toward fleshly, satanic foolishness?
Somewhere in the path of our lives, we decide by conscious thought or by default that we will live according to one of the two. We generally make life choices that are aligned with that decision.
If we have made foolish choices in the past, we can still change our minds, change our choices and choose wisely. That is the grace of repentance . . . changing our life choices from foolishness to wisdom.
Changing one’s mind (choices) is not the private sphere of women. Men can also choose what is right and good, even after bad choices.
We have choices today. Choose wisely. Choose well. Choose right.
Dear Father, give me the strength to focus my life with wise choices. Give me the grace to know when I have made bad choices. Give me the grace to repent and correct the bad them. I desire your guidance in all my choices. Thank you for the choice you made for me on Calvary. Enable me to always make choices that align with your eternal purpose. I pray this in Jesus’ name. AMEN
Let us praise God for His plan and live for His purpose,
Pastor Smith