It all comes down to a choice…
"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;"
Deuteronomy 30:19
Choose life. My. What an amazing statement. What an astounding directive. This is God talking here, so it must be true. This must pertain to our lives here and now.
Because if we don't choose life, then there appears to be a default choice that we unwillingly surrender to: less than life, cursing, and death. Eeeek….
Jesus tells us clearly that this world and its way of doing things is under the enemy's curse; the enemy's rule. The audacious thing about the gospel is the new-found ability we have in the Holy Spirit to live in the Kingdom of Love*. The Kingdom of Life. Yet it will always be a choice. A daily choice, not just a one-time decision based upon emotion – though there is nothing wrong with that.
All this to say. Day in and day out, I want to choose life. I want to choose Jesus in every decision I make. I want to live in His blessing with every step. Yes, the path is clear to me now and I choose life.