If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you;
if you trust in God, you too shall live;
he has set before you fire and water
to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.
Before man are life and death, good and evil,
whichever he chooses shall be given him.
Immense is the wisdom of the Lord;
he is mighty in power, and all-seeing.
The eyes of God are on those who fear him;
he understands man’s every deed.
No one does he command to act unjustly,
to none does he give license to sin.
This text opens up with a choice, that if we choose to keep God’s commandments, they will save us.
In the text above is laid before us death, good and evil and we are asked to choose which one we want
All of us have been given a power by God.
All of us are powerful.
We all have power.
According to Google, power is the ability to do something or to act in a particular way.
One of the powers God has given us is the power of Choice.
One of God’s gift to us is power .
God’s gifts are irrevocable.
God has given us the freedom, the liberty and the free will to make choices for ourselves.
According to Google again, Choice is an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities for example the choice between good and evil.
Every choice has two consequences or result which could either be positive or negative.
When we are about to make a choice in life, let us put into consideration two things, the long term and short term consequences of our choices.
We are responsible for the choices we make in life.
The choice we make shows how wise and mature we are.
To he able to make a good choice in life, we have to pray and ask for God’s hand, direction and guidance.
Some people make right choices, others poor choices.
The greatest and wisest choice we will ever make is to be on God’s side, to live for his glory, to keep his commandments as the text above admonishes us, to have a relationship with him, to follow him and to live according to his precepts.
According to the text above, when we do this, then we shall live, abundance and fullness of life will be ours.
John Maxwell said that life is a matter of choices and every choice you make makes you.
Edwin Markham once said, Choices are the hinges of destiny.
The choices we make tell who we are.
We are who and what we choose to be.
Our life is a product and a sum total of our choices.
Someone once said that Sometimes the wrong choices we make bring us to the right places.
Someone made a connection between choice, chance and change.
The person said that we must make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change.
Everyday we wake up, we are faced with choices.
Choice of what to eat and what not to eat.
Choice of what to say am what not to say.
Choice of where to go and where not to go.
Choice of who to hang out with and who not to hang out with.
Choice of whether to be happy or not.
Choice of whether to forgive and let go or not.
Choice of what to do and what not to do.
Choice of whether to love or to hate.
Choice of whether to be kind or nasty.
Choice of whether to be trusting or to be hopeless