The Choice is Yours

Choice-is-yours

Today’s Passage – Deuteronomy 9 – 11 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)

(Second Milers also read –  2 Corinthians 5 – 8Proverbs 4Psalm 16 – 20)

Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Psalm 121

Read the “0304 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

“Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.” – (Deuteronomy 11:26-28)

The choice that God “set before” the people of Israel 4000 years ago is the same choice that he places before His people today. If we love Him and live for Him, His hand of blessing will be upon our lives and families and we will also be fruitful and productive in our ministry for Him. However, if the world with all of its attractions lures us out of the will of God and causes us to live for ourselves, then we will lose God’s blessings of provision and protection.

It is very frightening to me to observe the number of casualties that there are among the ranks of Christians. It scares me because I know that it is only by the grace of God that I haven’t fallen myself. But I believe that our chances of surviving this wicked world with our faith intact will greatly increase if we heed the commandment that God gave the people in the verses prior to v. 26:

“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.” – (Deuteronomy 11:18-21)

“For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.” – (Deuteronomy 11:22-25)

The Bible teaches very plainly that our faith in God will grow proportionately to the amount of time we spend in the Word of God (“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” – Romans 10:17 ); not merely reading the Word, but also meditating on it, memorizing it, and applying it to our lives. If we spend time daily in the Word our faith in God will increase and if our faith increases, we will then have a desire in our hearts to obey Him; and if we are obedient to Him, He then can bless our lives.

Are you struggling with your faith? Get back into your Bible and get back into the church services. Increasing your time in the Word will increase your faith, which will increase your obedience, which will increase your blessing. The choice is yours.


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Sarah L Camillo
Sarah L Camillo
4 years ago

Good thoughts. So true!
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Bob
Bob
3 years ago

Thank you Pastor for reminding us about our responsibilities as christians to our Lord and Savior,and that it is His Ways that is the better way and only way

Issan Acosta
Issan Acosta
3 years ago

Thanks for the devotion pastor , need it very much !

Melissa
Melissa
3 years ago

We read this as a family this morning, it was a great lesson for the kids and much needed for myself. I only ever doubt God when I’m not walking with him. Never when I am abiding with him in fellowship. Thank you! Love you!

Gary Geiger
Gary Geiger
2 years ago

Amen

Bob Fenton
Bob Fenton
2 years ago

Amen Pastor.O my GodI I know that my steps are but few upon this earth I pray that each step that i take will glorified your precious name help me Jesus and let not my eyes see no evil and my ears hear no evil and let not my tongue speak no evil help me to be a walking testimony in your name and when that Glorious day will comes I will hear your words my good and faithful servant Amen.Thank you for the post Pastor.

Bob Fenton
Bob Fenton
24 days ago

Amen Pastor.There is a old saying the idle mind is the devils playground. What determines if we are to be a successful Christian is what we put in our minds which filters down to our heart. We as Christians must live a godly life and not make space for the devil to take his place, if you give him an inch he will take a mile.like the post.

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