Our Freedom To Choose

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God bless...Bill Keller, founder of Liveprayer.com

DAILY DEVOTIONAL SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 2001
(1 Kings 18:21)

Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him."

But the people said nothing.

Our freedom to choose. One of the greatest responsibilities God has given each one of us, is our ability to make our own choices. We often take for granted the fact that God has given us this freewill ability to choose. Even though you do it subconsciously, each day you make hundreds, often thousands of choices. From when you get up, to what you eat, to what you wear, to the roads you drive, to what you say, and on, and on, and on. The choices you make, ultimately, determine the direction your life takes. Because we make so many choices instinctively, we lose sight of how important each choice can be to how we live our life.

The reason I continually challenge you in your DAILY walk with Christ, is for this very reason. When you start the day, even if it is only 20 minutes, praying, reading the Word of God, it helps to give you a Godly focus to your thoughts and a Godly foundation from which you will be making all of those choices during the course of the day. Church is critical to the life of a believer since again, it helps you build that spiritual foundation in your life, from which you make your day to day decisions.

Paul said to "pray without ceasing". Literally, it means to "stay connected" with God at all times. You see, when you are "connected", it makes it difficult to make the choice to rebel against God. We make our bad choices, we make our rebellious choices when we are "unplugged" from God.

This is obviously a very deep, and intense issue that people have spent their entire life studying. The point I want you to understand today is that God has given us this incredible ability to make our own choices during this life. Many have questioned why, since it is our freedom to choose that destroys peoples lives. The alternative though would leave us a little more than robots.

God gave us freewill, so that we could freely, on our own, choose to love Him, serve Him, glorify Him. We say with our mouths how much we love God, how important Jesus is in our life. The way we prove that, is in our daily decisions, the choices we make day in and day out. That is how we ultimately tell God we love Him. The old saying, actions speak louder than words is very true.

I love you and care about you so much. I grieve daily as the emails pour in from all over the world. People who have had their lives destroyed by the choices they have made. The good news I want to share with you today is that God is in the restoration business. He can help you overcome the bad choices. He can strengthen you to make wise, Godly choices in the future. Be aware, that as you make each and every choice in the course of a day, it is a responsibility god has given to us. Take a second and ask yourself if the choice you are making, is the choice God would want you to make. After all, when you know Christ, it is not your life any longer, it belongs to Him.

***Pray!!!! If we prayed as much BEFORE we make our choices, we wouldn't have to pray so much AFTER we make the wrong choice. It only takes a second to ask God for guidance.

***Lastly, the most important choice you will ever make in this life, is the freedom God has given you to choose your eternal destination. The greatest choice of this life is to choose to accept, or reject Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. If you want to make that choice today, simply go to www.liveprayer.com/bdy_salvatn.html. God has given us the freedom to make choices in this life, I will be praying today that you will make, wise, Godly choices.

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller

If I can help you in any way you can contact me through my personal email at bkeller@liveprayer.com.

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