The reality of a choice is unavoidable! Even when we try to avoid a choice, we still have to make a choice not to choose. My parents overemphasized the power of choice. They never presented us with ultimatums, only choices. So God and I have been talking a lot about choices. The more we talked the more I realized how important choices are to God. To us humans they are just as ordinary as ordering a non-fat latte, or brushing our teeth, taking a left instead of a right. But to God choices are important! Rest in the reality of choice!
The beauty of a choice is that it always precedes a choice. Never the same yet still constant. We are always choosing and it can be nerve racking sometimes, unless we come to realize that the end of a choice is only the beginning of another choice.
I have found the cycle of a choice to be quite interesting. A choice leads to a consequence, which yields to a responsibility, which leads yet to another choice. It all truly does begin and end with a choice. Remember David gazing at Bathsheaba. He tasted the agonizing beauty of choice! A fleshly, destructive choice, nonetheless a choice.
The power of a choice is life changing. I am truly beginning to grasp the fact that we always, let me say that again, always have a choice. I am not talking about choice as a copying mechanism when life gets hard, but choice as a privilege. Remember when the Israelites were facing the Red Sea. They felt the thrilling power of choice! And for them was as simple as getting their feet wet.
The gift of a choice is a “magic mirror”. Other’s choices reflect us in the light of their choice of perception, good or bad. And that’s relative to how good of a day they’ve had or how they feel about themselves. But I have come to the realization that others’ choices should not affect who we are. You can choose who you see in the “magic mirror”. All you have to do is look through Jesus’ eyes. Accept the gift of choice!
The purpose of a choice must be God glorifying! Everything we do is driven by a purpose. Choices are no different. God himself gave us that privilege. He thought it was so important that he gave us the choice to choose Him. And the sum of all our choices must glorify Him. He doesn’t order us to choose Him, He allows us to choose, freely choose Him. We have a choice to respond, a choice to be miserable, a choice to stay stuck, a choice to obey, a choice to live, and a choice to love. Yes, love is a choice not brain surgery! And I am not talking just about romantic love, but love in general. Love for your friends, for your enemies, for your family, for people you don’t know. Embrace the purpose of choice!
God, himself, through Christ Jesus has given you the reality, the beauty, the power, the purpose and the gift of choice. Who, what and how at are you going to choose today? And I am praying you will choose today. Yes, today not tomorrow, ‘cause tomorrow is the Lord's.
Love you all deeply!
