The Choice

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Bee's Thoughts:

Yesterday, the sermon in our Church service was on "Decision Making". The pastor said,

• The wrong decision at the wrong time = disaster.
• The wrong decision at the right time = mistake.
• The right decision at the wrong time = rejection.
• The right decision at the right time = success.

Hmmn... very interesting statements. We need to make the right decision at the right time for success.

Tonight, again I am reminded to "choose" life. That is to choose to love God, listen to Him and hold fast to Him no matter what (v19, 20). Only then can we have life... "many years"

Everyday we have to make decisions. Our decisons may mean life or death in some cases. We need God's wisdom to guide us in these decisions making.


Dear Lord,
Please help me to choose wisely, to make the right decision at the right time. May all the decisions I make bring forth life and not death to me or to another. Lead me each day, Lord.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.