Chosen to Choose

October 8

(Psalm 119:29-31 NIV) “Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me through your law. {30} I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws. {31} I hold fast to your statutes, O Lord; do not let me be put to shame.”

(Joshua 24:13-15 NIV) “So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.' {14} "Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. {15} But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.””

(2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 NIV) “But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. {14} He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Everyone reading this page has a choice to make. The Lord has been gracious to us. He has not treated us as our sins deserve, but has sacrificed His Son, Jesus, to pay for our sin. God has given us a way to freedom. God has chosen the way of grace, and now we must decide whether or not to choose His way of grace and serve Him. This is a “yes or no” decision. There is no “undecided” box to check. We either choose God’s way of truth, or we choose another way. We choose to serve God, or we choose to serve someone else. If you are a follower of Jesus, you were chosen by God and you have chosen the way of truth. You heard the gospel and said yes to Jesus. You were called by the Way and the Truth and you chose the way of truth. We were chosen to choose. This day, choose whom you will serve. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day