Danny Fourie

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Matthew 22:37

When we have to make choices, it will at least be useful if God could tell us clearly what to do and not to do. Something like a letter or a voice from heaven would help a lot. At least we would know what we should do and where we are standing.

It's hard to make good choices. What career should I choose? Is this the right man or woman for me to marry? The priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each had to make a choice, whether to help the half-dead man along the way. Only one man decided to help the poor man. After God healed Naaman, he offered money to Elisha. Elisha had to decide whether he wanted to take the money or not. He did not. Potiphar's wife invited Joseph for a night's fun and he had to make a choice. He said no.

Every day we face new choices. What is a good choice to make? The answer is: It is a choice that is based on God's rules for us.

In the first instance there is a choice that precedes all other choices. It is the choice for or against Jesus, because with that all other choices stand or fall. You will never want to live according to the rules of God, if you did not even made a choice for God. You should therefore first of all decide whether you want to live for God or not. Whether you want to follow Jesus or not. Why would you want to follow Jesus if you do not know him?

When you choose to follow Jesus, the other choices of life will come easier.

Prayer: Lord, help me to want to live for you. Help me to involve you in all my choices and help me to do what you will find acceptable. Amen