[Friday's Devotional] - The Ultimate Choice

Today I am giving you a choice. You can choose life and success or death and disaster.  I am commanding you to be loyal to the LORD, to live the way he has told you, and to obey his laws and teachings. You are about to cross the Jordan River and take the land that he is giving you. If you obey him, you will live and become successful and powerful.
On the other hand, you might choose to disobey the LORD and reject him. So I'm warning you that if you bow down and worship other gods, you won't have long to live.  Deuteronomy 30:15-18 [CEV]

 

In the last days of Moses’ life he made the above, impassioned, plea to the Israelites.

 

During his 120-year life, Moses saw the people of Israel turning away from God repeatedly. Like sheep under the control of a sheepdog, he needed to keep turning them in the right direction time and again.  He pleaded on their behalf for God to spare them from punishment and destruction (God listened to Moses!). 

 

We face choices daily about our actions, the things we say and the way we deal with people.  Do we know what God wants us to do?

 

The same choice is open to us when it comes to obeying God:

 

Obedience means life & success, disobedience means death and disaster. Which choice have you made?  If you haven’t made your choice, don’t delay. Choose life!  Amen.

 

Dave MacLellan (first published in 2004)