Monday January 09th, 2023
Memorize: Deuteronomy 30:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
« Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! »
Read: Joshua 24:13-18 Good News Translation
13 I gave you a land that you had never worked and cities that you had not built. Now you are living there and eating grapes from vines that you did not plant, and olives from trees that you did not plant.’
14 “Now then,” Joshua continued, “honor the Lord and serve him sincerely and faithfully. Get rid of the gods which your ancestors used to worship in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve only the Lord.
15 If you are not willing to serve him, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living. As for my family and me, we will serve the Lord.”
16 The people replied, “We would never leave the Lord to serve other gods!
17 The Lord our God brought our fathers and us out of slavery in Egypt, and we saw the miracles that he performed. He kept us safe wherever we went among all the nations through which we passed.
18 As we advanced into this land, the Lord drove out all the Amorites who lived here. So we also will serve the Lord; he is our God.”
Message:
Genesis 1:28 tells us that in the beginning when God created humanity, He commissioned us to be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
To fully understand this assignment and successfully carry it out, God created us in His image so we may possess some of His divine attributes.
One of which is the freewill to make choices. That is, the ability to reason and make decisions based on available options.
Making choices is a deliberate act of will and is vital for our survival.
However, the fact that humanity was created with the freedom of choice is being overstretched by many today to mean that man is a free moral agent with the liberty to act as he/she wishes, without recourse to God.
Take this as a serious warning: the notion that a person can do whatever he/she likes in this world without repercussions is a lie from the pit of hell.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 instructs the youth to rejoice and celebrate with the consciousness that God will judge all things.
This is confirmed by the word of God in Ecclesiastes 12:14 that say For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Revelation 22:12 CW also says:
“Be careful because, I, the Lord, am coming back soon! And when I come, I will reward everyone according to their works.”
Children of God should therefore make choices and decisions carefully, knowing that God will bring everything to judgement.
Don’t make choices that will lead to sin, sickness, failure, demonic attack or death.
Exercise your will to make decisions that will bring peace, prosperity, divine health, joy in the Holy Ghost, fulfillment of destiny, and eternal life with Jesus.
Choose life by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
Choose God’s will.
Choose life (Deuteronomy 30:15-20).
Prayer point: Father, please help me to make choices that will lead to eternal life, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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