"See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it... So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days" (Deuteronomy 30:15-16, 19-20)
Moses gave them a choice to make and even went as far as to tell them what to choose. Since the beginning of time, life has been about choice and consequences. In the garden of Eden, much was good and pleasurable. There was only one tree of which Adam and Eve were not to eat the fruit. They had a choice to make: God’s way or the way of evil. God even told them what to choose (Genesis 2:16), yet they still chose poorly. There are still choices that Christians need to make as well. We are free to choose a life of obedience with all the rewards that go along with it or a life of rebellion and the consequences that will follow. This freedom to choose is given to all of humanity.
Six thousand years ago, Adam and Eve chose to eat the fruit; two thousand years ago, the people chose Barabbas (Matthew 27:21). Life and freedom have always laid in the balance of choice.
God chose all Christians to be priest, a chosen race for His own possession (1 Peter 2:9). The call to priestly duty is not just a blessing; it requires responsibility. For the Christian, being grafted in has purpose greater than the mere enjoyment of blessings; there is a ministry to perform and life to choose.
Just do it now; choose wisely; choose today: whom shall you serve?
