Choose This Day

Good Morning!! Do you ever find yourself faltering between two opinions? Have you ever felt torn between decisions and not sure of what to do? Maybe we get torn sometimes because we are focusing more on the what, than on the Who. Whether we want to admit it, or not,....everything boiles down to a matter of choice. We must choose between who, what, and how, most everyday of our lives. The Bible makes it clear that we are to choose whom we will follow. God dose not make any allowences for middle of the road living.

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.—1 Kings 18:21 (NIV)

The problem lies in the fact that we do not like to think of ourselves as choosing to follow a false god, like Baal,...but when we turn from following the Lord,...we are turning to follow something else. We get caught up in life’s activities and look for God only when we need Him. Did we really just choose those activities, over the Lord? Probably so. How do we make sure that we choose God first in everything? We must work at making the Lord our priority, everyday. We must start our day with Him, praying about our schedules, asking for His guidance, reading His word for instruction, and worshiping Him with grateful hearts. We must learn to make this our practice everyday.

God knows our hearts,...and He wants us to want Him more than anything else.

Help us Holy Spirit, to stop choosing the what in our lives and start choosing the Who. Help us start our day with the Lord. Guide us away from choosing to serve the false gods of the world. Open our eyes we pray, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

"Those that kneel before God, can stand against the world."