Life or Death You choose

Deuteronomy 30

New King James Version (NKJV)

The Blessing of Returning to God

30 “Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you, ² and you return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, ³ that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. ⁴ If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. ⁵ Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. ⁶ And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

⁷ “Also the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. ⁸ And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. ⁹ The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, ¹⁰ if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

The Choice of Life or Death

¹¹ “For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. ¹² It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ ¹³ Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ ¹⁴ But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.¹⁵ “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, ¹⁶ in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. ¹⁷ But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, ¹⁸ I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. ¹⁹ 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; ²⁰ that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

I Speak to God and he listens, Not only does he listen, he answers. Today, I hear him and I do as instructed. My choice is to make choices that bring Blessings and Life


 Today, I could  not simply pull a scripture from this chapter. Today, I am reminded of the fact that I choose the things that are in my life. There is no luck good or bad. There are no coincidences. The choice is simple...Life or Death, Blessing or Cursing. It would seem simple enough and most would call it a no brainer
However, daily engaging in activity of THOUGHTS,WORDS, and ACTIONS that are not in line with those things that produce Life and Blessing is INSANITY. Today, I ask myself what choices am I making that bring an imbalance to my scales of choice. What is that tipping point that gives the my Blessing and Life promise less weight than my Cursing and Death promise? How can I tip the scale and remove the Cursing and Death from my life? What must I do to make sure that I am taking full advantage of Gods promise to bring NEW GRACE and MERCY Daily? How can I activate the infinite potential within and reclaim the years that I have allowed to escape me by making choices of Death? How do I rise to the challenge of renewing my mind daily, staying focused on the promises of God, walking in Purpose, living abundantly and leading by example with LOVE, PEACE, and JOY overflowing EVERYDAY. 
I admit that I felt a little overwhelmed just writing it. Today, I am reminding myself that I have a lot of work to do and release the apprehension and anxious feelings that it is going to require me to constantly demand greater control of my THOUGHTS, WORDS, and ACTIONS.
I admit that it is often comfortable to remain where I am and to just live a mediocre existence with  occasions of happiness and fulfillment. I often figure that I am a good person, I love others truly and would never harm another, and that's enough. I often feel like it is the responsibility of someone else to do those things that are placed deep in my heart and continue to grow in my mind. I sometimes want to run and hide and partially obey what God speaks to me. I want to be average sometimes and just fit in to what society say is acceptable. I admit that I too dream of middle class existence and just being ok with that. 
Yet, as much as I would like to believe that the acceptable is enough there is something greater in me that will not allow those feelings to dominate. The more I try to "conform" to those things the more uncomfortable I become. Mediocre is not enough and partial obedience will not suffice. I feel obligated to stand fast and tear down the death and curses in my family and in the lives of others. I know that my life has a PURPOSE that is to live above the acceptable and to reach beyond the greater into the PERFECTION of the PURPOSE within. Today, I choose Life!
 
Today, I challenge to meditate on the promises of Blessing and Life. Ask yourself ,what has to be removed in my life? How do I remove it? How do I walk in the Blessing and Life Promises totally and fully so that it extends into the future generations of those that descend from me? Trust that you have been given ALL that you need to produce the Perfection of the Purpose within.
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Lord, Thank you for your promises and continuing to guide me toward Blessings and Life. Thank you for continuing to speak to my heart. Thank you father your continued Mercy and Grace. Thank you for renewing my mind daily as it wants to conform to the acceptable. Thank you for placing in me and around me examples of greater than acceptable. Forgive me for the times when my desire for comfortable has left me delayed on my path to purpose. Forgive me for my THOUGHTS, WORDS, and ACTIONS that have not been in alignment with the Perfection of my Purpose. Continue to mold me in all the areas of my life in Jesus Name, Amen.
 
The Journey Continues...