Choices
Luke 10:27
He answered, ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and,
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”
Yesterday as I listened to a segment from TBN show Better Together, there were three main points that stuck out:
- Love God
- Love others
- Be obedient
I started pondering this as I began reading 1 Peter. I felt the Lord speaking to me of all the choices that we make each day:
We make the choice to get out of bed, what to eat, what to wear. Spending time with Jesus is a choice. Being still and listening to God is a choice. Doing good is a choice. Being alert is a choice. Trusting is a choice. Salvation is a choice. Being submissive is a choice. Being respectful is a choice. Being pure and reverent is a choice. Having a gentle and quiet spirit is a choice. Putting my hope in God is a choice. Not giving way to fear is a choice. Being like-minded with Jesus is a choice. Being sympathetic, compassionate, loving others, being humble is a choice. NOT repaying evil with evil or insult with insult is a choice; repaying evil with blessing is a choice. Keeping my tongue from deceitful speech, turning from evil and doing good, seeking peace and pursuing it-all choices. Responding with gentleness and respect is a choice. Choosing to NOT be fearful, a choice. Choosing to believe God and stand on His promises is a choice. Choosing to die to self, a choice…
Jesus gave us the greatest commandments: Love God. Love people. Be Obedient.
What choices are you making today? I remember telling my children
“You get to make choices. Every choice has a consequence, good or bad.
You get to make the choices but you cannot pick the consequences!
Make good choices.
One Comment
Sue Wilson
so many choices….really hard sometimes to choose the best. But even if I don’t choose well, God is able to change everythng around
for my good.