Choices

We make a lot of choices in life - what to eat, what to wear, what radio station to listen to ... Most of the choices we make are trivial and not of that much importance. That's not to say that we don't make more significant choices - whom to date, whom to marry, where to go to college, where to live, what job to take.

Life is full of choices, but the greatest choice we could ever make is whom we will serve. In Deuteronomy 28:47-48, God tells his people that if they do not serve God they will serve their enemies. Just a couple of chapters later God says, "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses... Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live! Choose to love the Lord your God and obey him and commit yourself to him, for he is your life" (Deut. 30:19-20).

As I read those verses this morning I was overwhelmed with the incredible love of God. God wants to bless us, and God desires to work in our lives because of His incredible love. However, God does not force himself upon us and He allows us to choose what we will do with our lives even if it leads to death.

I am thankful that we have a God who loves us so dearly. I choose life.