Titus 2 Men And Women

Suggested reading: John 12:44-50, Deuteronomy chapter 30

Deuteronomy 30:19-20  "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." 

Recently I had an opportunity to take advantage of a store's mistake and receive two chairs instead of the single chair I purchased. It was tempting. I would have liked the extra chair, and the delivery person would have been happy to leave it with me. But I had just read Deuteronomy 30:19 that morning and was musing on the meaningful choice between life and death.

I used to wonder why God would say something so obvious. Who would choose death instead of life or curses instead of blessings? But what I didn't recognize then was the link between moral wrongs and spiritual death. I believe something in us dies when we make unethical, immoral, and dishonest decisions. We might not even know it at the time, but eventually we feel less joy, less peace, less hope, less faith. A subtle heaviness settles in our soul.

God always asks us to do what is good for us. When we choose to do right, we choose life; when we choose to do wrong, we choose death. Sometimes obeying God seems to keep us from good opportunities. But in the end, obeying God is the choice that leads to life. And that's a choice worth our weighty consideration.

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