https://odb.org/2024/01/17/choices-2
In life, we make many decisions. Some decisions are as simple as what will I have for breakfast or brunch this morning. We can choose to have anything we want within reason, but if coupled with discipline, we may only limit ourselves to healthier choices. Less salt, less sugar, less carbs, and more protein and fibre. Of course, we presume we have choices to make. Sometimes, we may need to choose the most affordable meal – a slice of bread, one roti kosong, or a small packet of nasi lemak, especially if it’s the end of the month.
Or the decision may still be simple but tinged with morality. For example, if in a public toilet like shared offices with a common toilet, we see a watch left behind on the sink. Do we leave it there or take it? I lost the watch given by my mum after graduation in that manner. I left it in the sink, and someone took it. While it may be natural for people to take things of value that are unintentionally left behind, it is not the right thing to do. This is especially so if we have Christ in our lives.
Or there could be more complex decisions like the job to take or the business to be in. For example, a job as an accountant or lawyer in a gaming company. We may reason, a job is a job but if the business is capable of destroying lives, should we go for it even though we may only be in the more generic support services and are not directly operating the business?
In Joshua 24, the question was who to serve? Is it Yahweh, the LORD God Almighty or the gods of their ancestors in Egypt or beyond the Euphrates River? This probably explains why, in the early years of their departure from Egypt, the Israelites made a golden calf to worship when Moses took a longer time than expected to return from Mount Sinai. Joshua’s answer and of the Israelites was – as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
Whether a decision is big or small, complex, or simple; always make it a point to choose to follow and serve Christ. Since we have made that wise and wondrous decision to accept Jesus into our lives as our Lord and Saviour, make it our lifelong calling to only choose Jesus in all our decisions. Choose to follow and serve Jesus in all circumstances, in all situations, and never allow our eyes to lose our focus heavenward in Christ Jesus!
Ronnie's Thoughts 