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Deuteronomy 30: 15 “See, I set before you today life and prosperity,
death and destruction.” (NIV)
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We are free to choose whether we will do right or wrong, but we are not free to decide what is right or wrong.* |
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We often say, “I had no choice in the
matter,” when what we really mean is, “I wasn’t happy with any of my options.” Seldom
are we in the position of having no choice at all. No one chooses when and
where he is born, but soon thereafter we begin making decisions, if not about
what to do or where to go, at least about our internal responses and attitudes.
The smart ones among us will learn early on that choices have consequences. We can’t
always know all the possible
consequences but we learn to make informed choices.
In the case of the Israelites to whom
this verse was addressed, the choices and the consequences were clear. Their choices? Love and obey God, or don’t. Clear and simple. The consequences? Life and
prosperity, or death and destruction.
Some
consequences are short-term, such as Jesus’ prophecy that his disciples
would be persecuted. But the long-term consequences are the same for us today
as they were for the Children of Israel in Moses’ day: life or death.
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Like fools we trade God for powers, and so exchange life for death.* |
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