Focus 40 – Extreme Love
March 31,
2013
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
“Today I have given you the
choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on
heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose
life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the LORD
your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key
to your life. And if you love and obey the LORD, you will live long in the land
the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Love is a choice.
The Lord puts before us opportunity.
We have the opportunity to live in His grace. We can accept the reality of the sacrifice of
God’s own son Jesus Christ. We can
accept that God has created us to live purposeful and meaningful lives. We can accept the Lord’s invitation to live
connected to Him as children of God. Or
we can choose the opposite. We can walk
away. We can make our own path or follow
the paths others have made apart from God.
The Lord will not remove the freedom to choose that He created us
with. He does not force Himself on
anyone. We have a choice. You have a choice. What will it be?
Our choices are not expressed exclusively in words. This isn’t a vote. It isn’t a stand up and say yes or no. It is a choice that we make with our
lives. Saying yes to God means loving, obeying,
and committing your life to Him. Loving
the Lord brings out love for others and the world around us. Love for the Lord is seen as we desire more
and more of God in our lives. Obedience
to God brings certain characteristics into our lives. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control just to name a few. Committing to God makes us part of a larger
work that God is doing in the lives of all Christians. We are part of a community of faith where God
enables us to do His own work. Our commitment
is seen when we live and work inside of this community with passion under the guidance
of the Holy Spirit.
This choice is the key to our lives. It will determine our path into the
future. The way of the Lord is the path
we were created to walk. Walking it
gives direction, purpose, and meaning to all aspects of life. The Lord longs for us to choose this path as
a father desires the best for his child.
What path are you walking? What
will you choose today?
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