Choose God!

Every day and every moment, we have choices. We can choose to sleep in, or wake up to workout. We can choose to take control over the way we show up in the world, or we can let other people’s actions and words determine how we behave. We can choose to do what’s in our long-term best interest, or we can choose to enjoy short term gratification. Life is about choices. Even from the beginning of time, God told mankind in Genesis 2, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Similarly, every moment of our lives is an opportunity for us to choose God’s way that will lead to “life”, or we can make choices that lead to “death”. Life in this sense has to do with fruitfulness and wellness, and death in this sense has to do with deterioration. This is the crossroad that we encounter every day: do my choices support fruitfulness in my life (wellness in every area - from health to spirituality to finances), or do my choices deteriorate the quality of my life.

Trust me, I get it, we all have the tendency to be lulled into a long series of choices that deteriorate our lives: Prayerlessness for weeks. Eating fast food regularly. Careless spending. Accepting toxic behaviors from ourselves or other people. I’ve been there, but I’m compelled to write today because we have another choice. You’re not stuck on the mental or spiritual tarmacs of life. Mankind received permission to takeoff in the beginning when God said “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden…”. While this came with exceptions, the point today is that it comes with options. You have the option to choose the way of life, and not the way of death.

It’s also important for me to tell you that choosing God is about making small choices instead of a single huge, heavy choice. In his book The Compound Effect, Darren Hardy gives this formula: Small, Smart Choice + Consistency + Time = RADICAL DIFFERENCE. In your walk with God, choosing God in moments that seem small consistently is going to change your life!

Choose to follow God’s voice.
Choose to obey God’s word.
Choose to surrender to God’s authority.
Choose to do the uncomfortable thing.
Choose to do the unpopular thing.
Choose to do your best to honor God.
Choose to do the thing that’s best for you.
Choose to get up from the sunken place.
Choose to listen to the Holy Spirit,
Choose to stop killing your self.
Choose to achieve what you were created for.
Choose to do the hard work.

Regardless to the choices that you’ve made before, right now you have an opportunity to make a better choice. This moment can be the moment that changes the direction of your whole life, and it all begins with what you choose.

Choose God.