Success and Failure in life is a matter of choice!
1- Life is full of choices. From the minute we wake up in the morning until the moment we pause for the day and tuck ourselves to bed, we come across series of choices that would eventually determine our day’s performance. Success and Failure in life is a matter of choice!
God speaking through Moses to the people on the banks of the Jordan about to cross into the Promised Land after their 40 years journey tells them how simple and stark the decision before them is. Choose life or death. Obey God’s commands, Keep them, hear them, Love God and you will receive life and blessings. If you do not listen to God, if you go after other gods you will perish. “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…” Deuteronomy 30:16-20
Moses also make his choices in life Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
2-Such a simple option. Life is the obvious choice. Choosing what gives life is obviously the path to take. The rewarding choice of life comes from hearing, keeping, and obeying the commandments of the Lord our God. The commandments he gives are not there to oppress us or to hold us back from greatness. It is this simple.
“Let your say be yes yes or no, no; anything beyond that comes from the evil one.” Matthew 5:37
3- You can choose stay in your confort zone, or stand up and move to the other side with Jesus. We can not make you change but success and Failure in life is a matter of choice! I respect your choice, I will not be part of that.
And Jesus emphasizes the impossibility of “choosing life” on our own with one of the “hard statements” of Scripture – “If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.” ( Matthew 5:29-30)
You have heard many things said that would lead you to believe that you are in control. But Jesus says to you today. Take heart I have overcome the world. I have overcome all that is wrong with you. You belong to me and in me, you are exactly what I made you to be. In the face of this life and death decision, God continually speaks His life to you. In Jesus name. Amen.
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