Choosing Life and Good Over Death and Evil

Deuteronomy 30:15-16

See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

Who does not seek life and good over death and evil?  Who does not wish to live, multiply and be blessed in the land where they dwell?  Almighty God placed these desires in all of our hearts and provided simple instructions for us to attain them - obey My commandments. 

All simple and easy enough, right?  Well, our all knowing, sovereign God added an interesting wrinkle for us to deal with.  He gave us free choice.  He allows us to find the unique purpose and plan that He has for our lives through the choices that we make. Unfortunately, more times than we would like to admit to we make the wrong choices.  In the flesh, we are ill equipped to make the right choices all the time.

Knowing the inherent weakness in our flesh, our all loving and merciful God included an infallible resource to help us overcome our frailties.  He provided through our acceptance of His Son, Jesus, as Our Savior, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit provides us with supernatural assistance in making our choices. The Holy Spirit provides us with gentle urgings toward the path of obedience and clear stop signs when we are veering off the path. 

As we learn to listen and respond to the Holy Spirit, our life choices come more into alignment with God's commandments.  The good and right way become more clearly defined in our minds and hearts.  Ultimately, our choices will be the same as God's choices for us.  Ultimately, we will experience the blessed life that God has set aside for us.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the blessings that You promise us if we are obedient to You.  We confess our sins that separate us from You and repent of them so that the blessings that have been set aside for us can be released.  We rejoice in knowing that You have provided victory for us over our sins through the sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus.  We bless His name.  We thank You for providing supernatural assistance for us as we make our life choices.  We pray that You will open our ears to hear the urgings of the Holy Spirit.  We ask for the grace to respond in obedience.  We ask all these things in the name of the Lamb without blemish, Jesus Christ.