Making Choices
We make choices every day about what to eat, what to wear, and where to go. These are good, but we have also made some unwise choices. We chase money, pleasure, fame, relationships, and say, “I’ll think about God later.” It is unwise to ignore a Holy God and think that there will be no consequence.
We have many choices in life, but one is the greatest: where to spend eternity. We cannot shrug it off as all roads lead to the end of life. It is unwise not to involve God and His take in our lives. Imagine choosing to jump off a building because “maybe I can fly.” That’s reckless and surely has consequences. Jesus told a parable about a son who demanded his inheritance and then went to a far country with it. He wasted everything on wild living. He was hungry, broke, and alone. That was his unwise choice.
Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, Father, give me my share of the estate. So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country, and there squandered his wealth in wild living. Luke 15:11-13
Proverbs 14:12 warns that “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”
Life is like a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. It benefits no one to gamble recklessly with one’s soul by choosing to live as though God is not. God does not force His will on anyone; He has freely given us salvation through the death of His dear Son, Jesus Christ, but this gift of salvation is for us only if we receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16.
Jesus lived the perfect life we could not live. He took punishments for our unwise choices. God did not leave us to pay for our sin, but Jesus did, not because we are good enough.
“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities...” Isaiah 53:5.
We may have made some bad choices, but despite them, God is waiting for us to come to him NOW, not LATER. “Later” may never come. An unwise and dangerous choice is to say “later.”
“Behold, now is the favourable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2.
Beloved, Jesus cares for us so much and beckons that we receive Him as our LORD and SAVIOUR to live. Admit that you were born in sin, and believe that Jesus Christ died and rose again for you.
Jesus is knocking at the door of our heart right now. Will we open it? Do not say later.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in...” Revelation 3:20.
He cares indeed. Choose life today.
