Choose Life
In Deuteronomy 30:15 and 16 and then in verses 19 and 20, we find very specific directions for living our lives in the Lord Jesus Christ. Although this is Old Testament, it is God’s heart and nature we are talking about here.
In verse 15, we are told that the Lord has set before us life and good or death and evil. It is obvious that we can choose either. He has set them before us for our choice. Then in verse 16 we are told that we are commanded to love the Lord our God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statues and His ordinances. When we do this, we will live and multiply and the Lord our God will bless us in the land into which we go to possess. What is the land you need to possess this year, 2007? Here are your instructions on how to possess it. Choose the Lord with His life and good. Love Him; obey Him; walk in His ways and keep His commandments. The result: Life and abundance and The Blessing in the land in which we go to possess. Notice it indicates we will possess that land when we do what He asks us to do.
Then it is even stronger in verses 19 and 20 of chapter 30 of Deuteronomy.
The Lord calls heaven and earth to record this day: He has set before us life and death, blessing and cursing. Of course, we are to choose life and the blessing. Then look at what the result is:
You and your seed (children, grandchildren, etc.) shall live, and love the Lord God and obey His voice and cling to (abide in) Him. For the Lord God is our life and length of days.
I have read these two scriptures many times and quoted them for my life. It was only yesterday during my time with Him that I noticed that verse 20 is a consequence of verse 19. Look at it. What a promise. When you and I choose the Life of God, when we choose to bless, we receive life for us and our seed. We receive the ability to love God and obey Him and abide in Him. We cannot do this on our own. It takes His ability to love and obey and abide.
What wonderful promises to dwell on for our new year. I don’t know about you, but that is pretty exciting for me, because my heart’s desire is to love Him and obey Him and abide in Him. That’s why Jesus told us to bless those who persecute us and pray for them. Because as we choose blessing for others and not curses, we are choosing blessing for ourselves, the blessing of the Lord.
What a wonderful opportunity to walk in all that the Lord has for us. We will possess the land for which we are praying if we will choose Life. Of course, when we choose Life, we are choosing the Lord and all that He is for us. What is the land for which you are praying? Is it health? Is it financial security? Is it the salvation of family and loved ones and friends? Is it the revival for your region or church? Is it the joyful fulfillment of your marriage? What is it that you desire? Seek the Lord and His Life and His Life will bring Life to those dead situations. His Life is eternal, never changing, never deviating, always the same. His Life is full of all good things. His Life is full of all that you need to bring revival to any situation or person. Focusing on Him means focusing on His Life and His Love and His Light. God is Love. God is Light. God is the Light of the world. He is the Life of our very being, our very existence. He speaks and Life flows. Even so, when we are full of Him, we speak and Life flows. We must see ourselves as His children who operate the same way that our Father operates.
My determined purpose this year is to KNOW HIM and the POWER of HIS RESURRECTION. (Philippians 3:10) His resurrection represents bringing life to dead situations.
Let’s make a commitment that we will be life givers this year to situations and people who need the Life of God revived in them again or brought anew and fresh. Either way, we are carriers of the Life of God. What are we doing with His Life in us?
In verse 15, we are told that the Lord has set before us life and good or death and evil. It is obvious that we can choose either. He has set them before us for our choice. Then in verse 16 we are told that we are commanded to love the Lord our God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statues and His ordinances. When we do this, we will live and multiply and the Lord our God will bless us in the land into which we go to possess. What is the land you need to possess this year, 2007? Here are your instructions on how to possess it. Choose the Lord with His life and good. Love Him; obey Him; walk in His ways and keep His commandments. The result: Life and abundance and The Blessing in the land in which we go to possess. Notice it indicates we will possess that land when we do what He asks us to do.
Then it is even stronger in verses 19 and 20 of chapter 30 of Deuteronomy.
The Lord calls heaven and earth to record this day: He has set before us life and death, blessing and cursing. Of course, we are to choose life and the blessing. Then look at what the result is:
You and your seed (children, grandchildren, etc.) shall live, and love the Lord God and obey His voice and cling to (abide in) Him. For the Lord God is our life and length of days.
I have read these two scriptures many times and quoted them for my life. It was only yesterday during my time with Him that I noticed that verse 20 is a consequence of verse 19. Look at it. What a promise. When you and I choose the Life of God, when we choose to bless, we receive life for us and our seed. We receive the ability to love God and obey Him and abide in Him. We cannot do this on our own. It takes His ability to love and obey and abide.
What wonderful promises to dwell on for our new year. I don’t know about you, but that is pretty exciting for me, because my heart’s desire is to love Him and obey Him and abide in Him. That’s why Jesus told us to bless those who persecute us and pray for them. Because as we choose blessing for others and not curses, we are choosing blessing for ourselves, the blessing of the Lord.
What a wonderful opportunity to walk in all that the Lord has for us. We will possess the land for which we are praying if we will choose Life. Of course, when we choose Life, we are choosing the Lord and all that He is for us. What is the land for which you are praying? Is it health? Is it financial security? Is it the salvation of family and loved ones and friends? Is it the revival for your region or church? Is it the joyful fulfillment of your marriage? What is it that you desire? Seek the Lord and His Life and His Life will bring Life to those dead situations. His Life is eternal, never changing, never deviating, always the same. His Life is full of all good things. His Life is full of all that you need to bring revival to any situation or person. Focusing on Him means focusing on His Life and His Love and His Light. God is Love. God is Light. God is the Light of the world. He is the Life of our very being, our very existence. He speaks and Life flows. Even so, when we are full of Him, we speak and Life flows. We must see ourselves as His children who operate the same way that our Father operates.
My determined purpose this year is to KNOW HIM and the POWER of HIS RESURRECTION. (Philippians 3:10) His resurrection represents bringing life to dead situations.
Let’s make a commitment that we will be life givers this year to situations and people who need the Life of God revived in them again or brought anew and fresh. Either way, we are carriers of the Life of God. What are we doing with His Life in us?
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 9:05 AM
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