The most cardinal choice-the choice between life and death!

“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! ” (Deuteronomy 30:19).

Keri Russel said, “Sometimes it is the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. ”

Edwin Markham, an American poet said, “Choices are the hinges of destiny.”

The choice that we make today clearly determines our future, doesn’t it?

Bible is full of examples of people’s choices and how they affected them. I will present you with some good and then bad decisions of Bible characters from the pages of the Bible.

• Ruth chose to go with her mother-in-law Naomi and ended up in the genealogy of Jesus Christ as the mother of Obed.
• Noah chose to obey God by building an ark exactly the way Lord showed him and ended up saving his and his family’s lives when all others perished in the water.
• Abram chose to obey God when He called him to make a break with his pagan, idol-worshipping family and friends and to go to a land that He would eventually show him.
• Moses chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin in Egypt.
• Samuel chose to stand in full devotion to the Lord God when Eli’s Sons were sinning and acting wickedly right in front of him day after day.
• Rahab, the harlot, chose to honor and believe in the God of Israel and thereby enjoyed the salvation of the Lord and got a portion in the land of promise.
• Joseph chose obedience to God in the midst of long and severe sufferings and temptations and became the prime minister of Egypt and a source of blessings for his family.
• The Apostles chose to follow Jesus Christ when He called them and became fishers of men for the kingdom of God and became the foundation of the New Testament Church.

We can also see some wrong choices and the consequences.

• Lucifer’s pride caused his highly exalted position in heaven, and his future is now determined in the lake of fire.
• Adam and Eve’s choice resulted in losing the beautiful paradise, and as a result, sin entered into this world.
• Cain’s choice resulted in him becoming the first murderer on this earth, killing his brother.
• Lot’s choice resulted in losing all at the end.
• Soul’s choice of disobedience and pride cost him the kingdom in Israel.
• By Esau’s choice, he lost his birthright and all the associated blessings.
• Judas betrayed Christ and ended up hanging himself to death.
•  Hymenaeus and Alexander shipwrecked their faith by rejecting faith in good conscience.
  And the list goes on.

Beloved, we make many choices in our lives, don’t we?  Some of them may not be that important like what I am going to eat for lunch or dinner. But some are vitally important like the choice of career and spouse. But the most important choice a person would ever make is this -the choice between life and death. In short, this is what that means- What did you do with the Son of God, Jesus Christ? Listen, there is no greater choice between cradle to grave.

Our today’s insight says, “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! ” Choice is given to us. God is asking you to choose life so that you and your children may live. You may have abundant life here on earth and eternal life in heaven after death. Bible says, “In him (Jesus Christ) was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. (John 1:4).

Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.”
Jesus also answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Dearly Beloved, God pleads us to choose life by coming to His Son, Jesus Christ, the savior of the whole world. Jesus Christ shed his sinless and divine blood for all of our sins to reconcile us with God the Father. If there were any other ways of salvation, He did not have to come to this sinful world and die on the cross cruelly for our salvation. No other way period!

Would you choose life today? Got a moment for prayer? Pray now with me.

“Father in heaven, you asked me to choose between life and death. You said life is in your Son, Jesus Christ. I accept Jesus Christ as my savior and Lord. I believe He died and risen again for my sins. Please save me today and grant me abundant life now and eternal life when I close my eyes here on earth. In Christ’s name, I pray. Amen.”