| Choose Life |
Choose Life
"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life,
that both you and your descendants may live."
— Deuteronomy 30:19
God has provided us with a radical contrast regarding the choice that
we can make in life. Jesus has essentially told us, "Here is your choice:
you can either follow the thief who wants to kill and destroy you, or you
can follow Me, because I want to give you life. So here is your choice in
life: you can have fullness or emptiness. You can choose life or death.
As a result, you can face eternity in heaven or in hell."
Yet it is amazing to me how many people today are consciously
choosing death. Not only do they choose a lifestyle that can lead to a
premature death on Earth, but they also choose a lifestyle that can
certainly lead to an eternal death. People are choosing death. They are
choosing to throw their lives away. And as society watches its so-called
heroes destroying their lives, many people simply follow. It is the blind
leading the blind.
That is the devil's plan for you. So if you want to do what everyone else
is doing, then here is his plan—get ready for it: it is death. It is misery. It
is emptiness. And it will result in a life of regret when you look back one
day.
Contrast that option with the promise Jesus made when He said, "I
have come that they might have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly" (John 10:10). Check that out—and choose life.
"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life,
that both you and your descendants may live."
— Deuteronomy 30:19
God has provided us with a radical contrast regarding the choice that
we can make in life. Jesus has essentially told us, "Here is your choice:
you can either follow the thief who wants to kill and destroy you, or you
can follow Me, because I want to give you life. So here is your choice in
life: you can have fullness or emptiness. You can choose life or death.
As a result, you can face eternity in heaven or in hell."
Yet it is amazing to me how many people today are consciously
choosing death. Not only do they choose a lifestyle that can lead to a
premature death on Earth, but they also choose a lifestyle that can
certainly lead to an eternal death. People are choosing death. They are
choosing to throw their lives away. And as society watches its so-called
heroes destroying their lives, many people simply follow. It is the blind
leading the blind.
That is the devil's plan for you. So if you want to do what everyone else
is doing, then here is his plan—get ready for it: it is death. It is misery. It
is emptiness. And it will result in a life of regret when you look back one
day.
Contrast that option with the promise Jesus made when He said, "I
have come that they might have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly" (John 10:10). Check that out—and choose life.
| C4W Devotions are used by permission from Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie P.O. Box 4000 Riverside , CA 92514 |