Friday, July 6, 2007

Living in a world of choices

As I reflect upon a recurring theme of Deut. 30, He has given us two choices: Death and Life.
Which one we choose is always the major questions, for sometimes we choose a false good. We can easily be disillusioned or deceived by the evil one.

There are times in our lives where we believe we have the answers, but really we don't have more than a clue to the real answer.

This is the world we live in, a world of choices.
Which do we choose, and where will it take us?

For me, I was thinking about a reaction a coworker mentioned, they said that they personalize things too much, but their psychiatrist helped them find a solution.. to just not personalize things. Well, the initial problem they found with personalizing things was they got frustrated, perhaps because they believed they would have all the answers? who knows..

At the time I went along with it and said, sure.. I mean, hey why not.. it seems simple enough as a solution. But lets look again at the situation.

By personalizing things, the person was passionate, full of zeal and worked hard and did good for the good reasons, once this individual changed their pattern to a cold approach, they still were frustrated, and started not liking so much what they were doing. could it get better or worse?

well, I think the solution lies in knowing the truth. The truth is to choose to live and we can only live through Christ Jesus. So the other solution, unmentioned here is choosing to personalize, but lift up the frustrations and the burdens to our Lord, and let Him take up the load. Be zealous but be calm, be on fire, but be at peace.

What does this mean for the rest of us?
How do you implement it? Is there a big enough reason to care?

of course there is, what this means is that the joy of the Father is yours to take. He promised you a choice, so choose the right one.

If everyone chooses the easy way out, and continues to believe they can leave God out of the equation, then like this individuals passion, your life will go cold. You will be hallow, a body with no spark in the soul. You will continue to live your life but the sun will never shine. The Church walls, all great and spectacular will be empty and cold, with no life within them. It will be as if an eclipse has fallen upon your world.

But if you choose to live, if you choose life always, then the sun will forever shine, the flowers forever bloom, the church halls filled with music and might, the stain glass lit with color upon the floors and ceilings and your love will know no bound.

So next time you hear someone talk about shutting down, lessening the personalization, no longer believing in God or the power of the Holy Spirit, or just being dragged by the current of society, shine your light upon them, destroy the darkness, bring them Hope. In all of us is the Hope of the world, for in our hearts, in our souls, as the Creator has created us in His image, our Hope lies in him, the light of the world.

Amen.