Choices, this is something we come across and have to make more often than not in our lives. We choose our career, life partner, investments, things we do, etc. Sometimes we choose correctly and sometimes not. We express emotions over the choices we make, either we laugh or we cry and so on. But why do we have to choose? Why can’t the right things just happen? Why do we have to sometimes end up making the wrong choices?
The answer is “Freewill”, because God has created us in his image and hence we have been given the option (freewill) to choose what we have to or want to do. It is freewill that lead Adam to “disobey” God and eat the forbidden fruit and as a result of that we, his descendants, have to bear the burden of making the “CHOICES” that help us proceed with our lives on this earth. The bible tells us that Adam chooses to “disobey” God’s command, but did he do this deliberately or was he coerced into committing the act.
If we read the bible it clearly states that Satan (in disguise) first convinces Eve (Adam’s wife) to eat the fruit who in turn convinces Adam to take a bite of the fruit. So what do we see here, we see that man doesn’t naturally choose to disobey God, we do so under the influence of Satan lies that makes us feel that what we are doing is best for “US”. Yes this is what Satan uses in most cases; he lures man into believing that the act that he/ she is going to do best suits Him/ Her, the man.
And we in our everlasting quest to satisfy our desires and wants heed to this lie of Satan and end up sinning and falling short of God’s love. But something we don’t realize in this bargain is that we are directly or indirectly influencing or impacting the lives of the people around us – our family, relatives, friends etc. We really can’t judge whether our choices leave a positive or negative impact in these people’s lives, only God and time will tell.
So what do we do? Is there no way through which we can be certain of making positive choices? Well the answer is- there is a Way and the Way is Jesus Christ. Meaning that is when we look at Jesus’ life we see that he never made a selfish choice ever, he dint do anything for his benefit, whatever he said and did was for the Glory of God and to benefit “WE” his children\ followers\ etc. He came into this world, lived, died and rose from the dead to show us an example as to what heavenly and Godly living is all about, why? Because we are created for that kind of a life not the one we are currently living. He had many chances where he could have made a selfish choice (when Satan tempted him in the desert) and escape from what he had to go through (when he felt like giving up dying on the Cross and ask God to take his misery away), but he dint He rather chose to follow God’s will and be crucified so that WE may live with God and Him forever.
And just by doing something on those lines, not necessarily dying on the Cross, but thinking about everyone not just yourself when you make a choice can result in a choice with a positive impact. So take out the selfishness from you and learn to be a more compassionate decision maker, Choice maker 🙂
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