Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Nov 26, 2006 4:09:25 GMT -5
Our Choices
"...choose ye this day whom ye will serve....but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15) Happiness is not an accident. It is the result of our choice to do right regardless of the circumstances. Happiness is not having everything we want nor it is always coming out on top. Happiness is the inner peace and contentment that obedience to God brings. It is not something that is effected by the outward circumstances of life, in fact we can be happy in the most difficult circumstances. Why? Because our happiness comes from knowing God and choosing to do what is right.
Consider the following two thoughts. One, it is never right to do wrong. Two, there is never a time when it's wrong to do right. When a person chooses to serve God that choice is accompanied by his choice to do what is morally right. Only then will he find an inner happiness that cannot be taken away. When you choose to do right, you never have to worry about getting caught. When you choose to do wrong, you spend the rest of your life wondering when someone will discover and expose your wrong. "But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out." (Numbers 32:23)
What's more important than the inner peace that comes from choosing to do right? Your choices reveal the real you. The real you determines your choices. One cannot profess to be a child of God and make choices that the Bible clearly states are wrong. The real child of God chooses to do, say, to think and to love the things that please and honor God.
What do your choices say about you?
R. Robert Flatt
www.hopetriumphant.com
"...choose ye this day whom ye will serve....but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15) Happiness is not an accident. It is the result of our choice to do right regardless of the circumstances. Happiness is not having everything we want nor it is always coming out on top. Happiness is the inner peace and contentment that obedience to God brings. It is not something that is effected by the outward circumstances of life, in fact we can be happy in the most difficult circumstances. Why? Because our happiness comes from knowing God and choosing to do what is right.
Consider the following two thoughts. One, it is never right to do wrong. Two, there is never a time when it's wrong to do right. When a person chooses to serve God that choice is accompanied by his choice to do what is morally right. Only then will he find an inner happiness that cannot be taken away. When you choose to do right, you never have to worry about getting caught. When you choose to do wrong, you spend the rest of your life wondering when someone will discover and expose your wrong. "But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out." (Numbers 32:23)
What's more important than the inner peace that comes from choosing to do right? Your choices reveal the real you. The real you determines your choices. One cannot profess to be a child of God and make choices that the Bible clearly states are wrong. The real child of God chooses to do, say, to think and to love the things that please and honor God.
What do your choices say about you?
R. Robert Flatt
www.hopetriumphant.com