When was the last time you knew
that you were supposed to do something, yet for a vast array of reasons, you chose
not do it? Yes, I just said the dreaded word – chose. Notice I didn’t
just say “…yet for a vast array of reasons, you didn’t do it.” Sure, the
reasons might each be respectable and valid, thus justifying your decision.
However, it is still a decision. It is still a “choice”. Instead, I said the
word “chose”. We often don’t stop to realize that all of our actions – or lack
of actions – are choices.
We are continually being
bombarded with choices. We choose everything from the seemingly mundane and
insignificant to the most controversial. What will I wear today? What will I
eat today? Will I drive or will I walk? How is my attitude? What are my most
secretive thoughts – those of which only I am aware? Oh wait…but I am not. God
knows them too!! Yet if I don’t allow myself to be conscientiously aware of His
knowledge and interest in me, I can think whatever I want, whenever I want!!
And so the dreaded cycle goes. We choose to do what we know is right or
we choose to be disobedient. Whether we want to admit it or not,
everything we do – or don’t do – is our choice.
I have recently faced this
dreaded dilemma in my own personal life, trying to spin and justify my actions
(or lack thereof) in anyway that seemingly allows me to get away with my own
disobedience. God has placed something on my heart for a really long time that
He wants me to do, but I am constantly trying to explain away my choice to not do what I know He has asked of me. In my mind, the reasons that
I have given are completely valid and therefore justified. However, deep down I
know that it really does not matter what reason I set forth, it is never okay to disobey God!! So with this realization and understanding, and
my desire to please Him over my over-zealous ability to rationalize away my
disobedience, I choose today to make different choices. I choose to be obedient!!
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