Choices and Consequences!

"This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live..."(Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV).

To be blessed or be cursed--is a choice we make--based upon our decisions.
We either choose life--being obedient in all that God says, or we choose death, being cursed--when we disobey.

In the life of a true believer--the choice is simple. We understand the blessings of obedience and the consequences of disobedience. When we know God through our relationship with Him--nothing that happens in life is a surprise. We know we are either blessed or cursed and we know we are the ones who choose whether we are blessed or cursed.

Today, a decision has to be made that will affect the rest of our lives and the lives of our children. We must exercise wisdom in all things and know that God has established a credible witness (Holy Spirit) who will testify to what He sees and hears. We cannot fool God--we can only fool people and that for only a short period of time. The truth will always be revealed--when we least expect it--the lies shall be uncovered for all the world to see. Shed the cloak of deception and drape the garment of righteousness around you and those you love--choose life and be blessed!

Leave no room--in your heart or mind--for the enemy to continue to influence your thoughts and what you do. Time is not manipulated by us, but controlled by God. We have been given another chance to get it right--let's do it, today!

Father, in the name of Jesus, help us to understand that we must obey Your Word, even when it goes against the grain of popular opinion or political correctness. It is Your Word that gives us life and puts us into position to be blessed by You. Give us the strength to stand against the winds of adversity--fully focused on doing Your Will and not our own. We declare all works of the enemy void and powerless in our lives and it is done! Amen!