Make your choice
A few weeks ago my wife and I pulled up in front of these two establishments. I'll leave it to your guess as to which one we went in, but the dichotomy of the health store GNC and the not healthy cookie place side-by-side really struck me. We are all faced with choices in life, but rarely do you see them as striking as this.
The New Year's is a time lots of people think about making better choices. They're going to be healthy, save money, read the Bible,or go back to school. There's certainly nothing wrong with New Year's resolutions or attempts to do better. But the truth is it always comes to a choice. Which way are you going to go?
No where is that more evident than in the Christian life. We can have all sorts of grand schemes and plans to read our Bible through, to go to church, or whatever our resolve might be. But the fact is it's just simply a choice. Elijah told the people of Israel to "choose this day whom you will serve." Serving God is a choice that we make, but it's one that we have to make every day. Each morning we are faced with opportunities to go the other way, do things for ourselves, to take the easy way out.
Like any choice, the more we make it the easier it gets. Resolve this year to choose the ways of God and not the ways of the world. The choices in front of you every day, as clear as this picture is, but the consequences are far greater. If you make the hard choice to choose God, then the rest of your life will fall into place. God today, and tomorrow, and the day after that. The choices you make affect not only this life, but your next one too, not only yours, but the eternal life of all those around you.