The third C of Right Choices: Commit to God’s Way
This is our daily struggle, because of our inherent sinful nature. But it gets easier to make choices that honor God as we daily build this habit. It helps to know yourself really well. What thoughts, feelings, and habits do you keep repeating from the past that are hindering you from making God-honoring choices? What do you need to release to change your heart and mind?
As our thoughts and feelings do so strongly influence our behaviour, we have to take them “captive,” as the Bible puts it. We don’t have to dwell on the automatic thoughts that pop into our heads from our subconscious. We can send them packing by saying, “No. I reject that thought. I choose to think this one, instead.”
You know how bowling lanes have lane bumpers they can put down to prevent gutter balls? When you actively monitor the thoughts and feelings you allow to influence your choices, so that you choose God’s ways, you add helpful bumpers to your life.
The fourth C of Right Choices: Count on God’s Protection and Provision
Living to God’s holy standard brings us many spiritual blessings, including freedom from guilt, a clear conscience, and far less drama than we will experience if we live to our own standard. God also promises to bless us physically, emotionally, psychologically, and relationally — in his timing, and in his ways.
Take joy in the fact that you’re spiritually maturing every time you choose to make a right choice that align with God’s nature. Your choices, especially your moral choices, matter more than you realize. Because they have a supernatural component. Some of your choices will ripple out, others could hold the power of tsunami waves.
Meditation: ” To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.“ – Proverbs 16:1
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