Bible Verse: See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. Deuteronomy 30:15
Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 30:11-20
Every good story sets up a situation where the choice seems obvious. So obvious that we wonder why it’s set up as a choice at all. Who would pick option B when option A is clearly better? Perhaps we’re missing something. Maybe there’s more to the story, more to the options, more depth to the choice than there seems on the surface.
God’s offer of life and death seems to be a choice like that. Life and prosperity or death and destruction…doesn’t really seem like much of a choice.
On this Good Friday, we remember our Saviour who willingly chose the difficult path to eternal life for our sake.
We like to imagine ourselves in a place like that. To envision ourselves in a position to make a dramatic declaration (similar to Joshua’s proclamation in Joshua 24:15) that sets the tone and decides the positive fate for ourselves and our families.
We want to imagine that we will lead in the right direction. We will be men of commitment, men of determination, men of faithfulness. We could make that decision.
But that’s precisely where the trap lies.
If we were simply faced with an objective one-time decision, few of us would make the wrong one.
However, the choice in its reality is an everyday, even multiple times a day, choice to serve God.
And sometimes the choice between the options isn’t as clear as we would like it to be. If there were a neon sign hovering above the choices like some cartoonish imagination, we would be safe. But sometimes, the bad choice can have a shimmery shine, and the good choice can look more difficult than we imagine it should.
Yet the difficulty and the frequency do not squash the reality of the choice. Life and prosperity and death and destruction are set before us.
What will we choose?
Prayer: God, I know I am faced with choices every day. Some of them I know are significant, and others seem inconsequential. But I know they all matter, and I want them all to reflect my commitment to follow You. Help me to choose well. Amen.
Reflection: What decisions do you face that may seem inconsequential but can be made in a way that shows your faith in God?
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