Look,
Today
I
Am Giving You The Choice
Between
A Blessing And A Curse!
Scripture
Deuteronomy
11
28 But you
will be cursed if you reject the commands of the Lord your
God and turn away from him and worship gods you have not known
before.
Observation
Just
as the children of Israel had a choice, you and I have a choice. God
also gives us a choice between experiencing a blessing or a curse. We
have the opportunity to choose to either obey God and live for Him or
disobey God and live life for ourselves.
When
you and I reject God and make the choice to live for ourselves then
we are making a choice to receive a curse instead of a blessing. The
curse … is a life filled with drama, chaos, and misery.
You
and I might say to ourselves, “Well, how stupid is that?” But the
truth is we are surrounded by hard-headed, stubborn people who every
day are making that choice. They honestly think that they can live
their lives better without God's help.
And
even though their lives are filled with drama, chaos, and misery,
they still continue to reject God and reject God's help. They choose
to live each day cursed rather than blessed.
I
wish that I could grab them and shake some sense into them. Maybe you
have felt that way before too!
So
what can we do for them? How can we help them? What will help them
see that God has abundant life, a life full of purpose and meaning,
waiting for them if they would just choose to walk in obedience with
Him?
I
am praying for them. I am counting on God to change the direction of
his or her life. Even though I feel like shaking them, I know that
the only way that they are going to change is for God to open up
their spiritual eyes and their spiritual heart.
So
I am going to keep on praying for them.
Application
I
will keep praying for the people I know and love who so far are
choosing to live a cursed life instead of one that is blessed.
How
about you?
John
10:10
10 The
thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to
give them a rich and satisfying life.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know that You brought someone into my life who introduced
me to Jesus. I didn't all of a sudden one day decide to surrender my
life to You. I know that it was You who opened my eyes to spiritual
things and it was You who caused me to turn from sin and self and
turn to You.
I
pray, asking You to do what You did in my life, to do the same thing
in the lives of the people that I love and who I pray for. Save them,
Lord. Change the direction of their lives. I want them to experience
the abundant life. I am tired of all the drama, all the chaos, and
all of the misery. May they find themselves so miserable that they
finally turn to You for help. Do whatever it takes, Lord, to cause
them to change the direction of their life.
Daily
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 10,11,12; Mark 16
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