Sunday, July 29, 2012

Choose Him

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 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 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.


Deuteronomy 30 is one of my favorite chapters in Scripture. I have it underlined and starred in my Bible. I invite you to read it in its entirety. God is imploring the Israelites to turn to Him. If the Israelites choose to turn to Him, they will be blessed. If they don't, they will experience death and destruction. The death and destruction can be physical, but can also be relational.  The death of a marriage, the destruction of a relationship, the destruction of our families... God knows the dire consequences of the choices we make. The way of the world is perilous. The way of God is blessed. He desires for us to make the right choice -- to follow Him with all our hearts in everything we do.  


Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for this beautiful Scripture. I pray that I always choose You, listen to Your voice, choose to walk in Your ways and experience the fullness of life with You. Help me to choose the path of life, not destruction. I am so thankful that You love me and want the very best for me. Help me to hold fast to You. Amen.



2 comments:

  1. God gave us free will and this scripture shows us the right way to choose which is to follow Him. Thank you for the sharing one of your favorite scriptures and chapters of the bible.

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