The Power Of a Right Choice
The Power of a Right Choice: It's a Matter of Life
or Death
by Joyce Meyer
I wonder how many decisions we make every day.
I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide
whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat,
what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll
say…and on and on.
While it may seem like many of our daily choices
are not that significant, it’s important to
understand that they do matter.
In Deuteronomy 30:19 (AMP), God says, “…I have
set before you life and death, the blessings and
the curses; therefore choose life, that you and
your descendants may live.” Every choice is a
seed you sow, and those seeds produce fruit in
your life – either for life or for death. And if we
want to have the life Jesus died to give us – an
abundant life full of real peace and joy – we need
to make wise choices.
Consistently Good Choices Lead to the Good Life
Let me give you an example of what I’m
talking about on a practical level. I go to bed
at 9 o’clock every night and am asleep by
9:30. I get up at 5:30 and spend two to three
hours with God every morning before I get
ready for the day and walk out the door. I do
this because I need to spend time with God
to be the Christian I want to be and treat
people the way I want to treat them.
Also, I need consistent sleep or I will feel bad
physically. I’m in my late sixties, and I can
honestly say I feel great most of the time. In fact,
I can do more than some people I know who are
younger than me. This is the fruit of making wise
choices in my daily life.
The Choice Is Yours
When God tells us in Deuteronomy 30:19 to
“choose life,” He’s actually showing us what
wisdom looks like – it’s life-giving. And when we
follow wisdom, we live deeper than “I want, I
think, I feel…I want, I think, I feel…” Because
wisdom always chooses to do now what it will be
satisfied with later on, while foolishness means
“without common sense.”
Now here’s some great news: If you have made
foolish choices (and we’ve all done it at times in
our lives) and you’re not happy with the way
things are, you can change. But you have to be
willing to take responsibility for your wrong
choices and make a determined decision to
change the way you behave. When you do, you’ll
find that every right choice you make helps
reverse the wrong decisions you’ve made in the
past.
I really want you to get this because my passion
is to help you learn how to live the life Jesus
wants you to have.
How to Truly Change for the Better
To begin this journey in Christ, we have to
understand that nobody can change themselves. I
know this because when I desperately wanted to
change and be a better person who made right
decisions, it was clear that I couldn’t do it on my
own. I needed God to heal me of hurts from past
abuse and make me secure and whole in Christ.
Then I was able to choose life and live the way
God wants me to live.
Whatever change you need to make, simply pray
and ask God to change you and help you. Study
the Bible in the areas where you are struggling,
like anger, selfishness or unforgiveness. And be
serious about it – you have to really study the
Word to get what you need from God and be
changed.
It’s so good to know we can do something to
choose life, not just have an existence full of
misery and death. We can seek wisdom, pray
every day and renew our commitment to do what
He wants us to do. We can live with integrity and
do what’s right – even when no one is watching
us but God. That’s when we know we’re really
living for Him and not for ourselves or to please
other people.
Think about this: How can you change and what
could your life be like if you made better choices
right now? Don’t put it off any longer. There
won’t be a more convenient time, and you don’t
have to waste another day missing out on the
good life God has for you. You can do it. Make
right choices now!
or Death
by Joyce Meyer
I wonder how many decisions we make every day.
I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide
whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat,
what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll
say…and on and on.
While it may seem like many of our daily choices
are not that significant, it’s important to
understand that they do matter.
In Deuteronomy 30:19 (AMP), God says, “…I have
set before you life and death, the blessings and
the curses; therefore choose life, that you and
your descendants may live.” Every choice is a
seed you sow, and those seeds produce fruit in
your life – either for life or for death. And if we
want to have the life Jesus died to give us – an
abundant life full of real peace and joy – we need
to make wise choices.
Consistently Good Choices Lead to the Good Life
Let me give you an example of what I’m
talking about on a practical level. I go to bed
at 9 o’clock every night and am asleep by
9:30. I get up at 5:30 and spend two to three
hours with God every morning before I get
ready for the day and walk out the door. I do
this because I need to spend time with God
to be the Christian I want to be and treat
people the way I want to treat them.
Also, I need consistent sleep or I will feel bad
physically. I’m in my late sixties, and I can
honestly say I feel great most of the time. In fact,
I can do more than some people I know who are
younger than me. This is the fruit of making wise
choices in my daily life.
The Choice Is Yours
When God tells us in Deuteronomy 30:19 to
“choose life,” He’s actually showing us what
wisdom looks like – it’s life-giving. And when we
follow wisdom, we live deeper than “I want, I
think, I feel…I want, I think, I feel…” Because
wisdom always chooses to do now what it will be
satisfied with later on, while foolishness means
“without common sense.”
Now here’s some great news: If you have made
foolish choices (and we’ve all done it at times in
our lives) and you’re not happy with the way
things are, you can change. But you have to be
willing to take responsibility for your wrong
choices and make a determined decision to
change the way you behave. When you do, you’ll
find that every right choice you make helps
reverse the wrong decisions you’ve made in the
past.
I really want you to get this because my passion
is to help you learn how to live the life Jesus
wants you to have.
How to Truly Change for the Better
To begin this journey in Christ, we have to
understand that nobody can change themselves. I
know this because when I desperately wanted to
change and be a better person who made right
decisions, it was clear that I couldn’t do it on my
own. I needed God to heal me of hurts from past
abuse and make me secure and whole in Christ.
Then I was able to choose life and live the way
God wants me to live.
Whatever change you need to make, simply pray
and ask God to change you and help you. Study
the Bible in the areas where you are struggling,
like anger, selfishness or unforgiveness. And be
serious about it – you have to really study the
Word to get what you need from God and be
changed.
It’s so good to know we can do something to
choose life, not just have an existence full of
misery and death. We can seek wisdom, pray
every day and renew our commitment to do what
He wants us to do. We can live with integrity and
do what’s right – even when no one is watching
us but God. That’s when we know we’re really
living for Him and not for ourselves or to please
other people.
Think about this: How can you change and what
could your life be like if you made better choices
right now? Don’t put it off any longer. There
won’t be a more convenient time, and you don’t
have to waste another day missing out on the
good life God has for you. You can do it. Make
right choices now!
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