| Our Choice in Life |
Our Choice in Life
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey,
you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to
death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?"<br>
— Romans 6:16
As a guest on Larry King Live a few years ago, Billy Graham was
asked to comment on the rash of violence on high school campuses as
well as other problems in our culture. He said, "One thing that is being
missed by many people is the devil is at work."
That is so true. The devil is at work. When you get down to it, it is the
only logical and plausible explanation for the madness that humanity is
capable of. Just as surely as there is a God in heaven who loves you,
there is a devil from hell who hates you. Jesus summed it up succinctly
when He said, speaking of Satan, "The thief does not come except to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life,
and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). There is our
choice in life, really: God or the devil.
A lot of people say they don't choose either. But in reality, by not
choosing God, they choose the devil by default. There are no other
choices. One of Satan's most brilliant strategies is to convince people
he does not exist, when all the while, he is manipulating their lives.
Humanity is basically bad. And it is the devil who works through the
fallen nature of human beings, getting them to do the evil things that he
does.
God gives us a choice in life. We are not forced to choose Him. Nor are
we forced to choose the devil. But God has given us something called
free will. We can choose sin, which leads to death. Or we can choose
obedience to God, which leads to righteousness.
"Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey,
you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to
death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?"<br>
— Romans 6:16
As a guest on Larry King Live a few years ago, Billy Graham was
asked to comment on the rash of violence on high school campuses as
well as other problems in our culture. He said, "One thing that is being
missed by many people is the devil is at work."
That is so true. The devil is at work. When you get down to it, it is the
only logical and plausible explanation for the madness that humanity is
capable of. Just as surely as there is a God in heaven who loves you,
there is a devil from hell who hates you. Jesus summed it up succinctly
when He said, speaking of Satan, "The thief does not come except to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life,
and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). There is our
choice in life, really: God or the devil.
A lot of people say they don't choose either. But in reality, by not
choosing God, they choose the devil by default. There are no other
choices. One of Satan's most brilliant strategies is to convince people
he does not exist, when all the while, he is manipulating their lives.
Humanity is basically bad. And it is the devil who works through the
fallen nature of human beings, getting them to do the evil things that he
does.
God gives us a choice in life. We are not forced to choose Him. Nor are
we forced to choose the devil. But God has given us something called
free will. We can choose sin, which leads to death. Or we can choose
obedience to God, which leads to righteousness.
| C4W Devotions are used by permission from Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie P.O. Box 4000 Riverside , CA 92514 |