Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Healthy Living”
Our Bible verse for today: “… choose for yourselves today the one you will worship …”Joshua 24:15 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “It’s all about choices.”
As we conclude our study of healthy living I want to remind all of us that: “It’s all about choices.” The quality of our lives, the success we do or don’t have, the joy, satisfaction, and sense of fulfillment we experience, all boils down to the choices we make.
In Joshua chapter 24 Joshua was near the end of his life and he was giving the nation of Israel some final words of wisdom. He reminded them that as they went forward in their lives they were going to be faced with many choices, and those choices would determine everything else they experienced. If they made good choices and if they honored the Lord, then they could expect to be blessed. Otherwise, they would find themselves suffering the consequences of their bad choices.
It shouldn’t be hard to see how their lesson applies to us. We are all responsible for our own lives. Where you are in life right now is largely a result of the choices you have made in the past. Where you will be tomorrow will largely be a result of the choices you make today.
To make good godly choices, you have to live Biblically. You must acknowledge that God does have a good plan that He wants to work out in your life and that He will reveal that plan to you. You must then commit yourself to seeking His guidance in all your choices day-by-day and moment-by-moment.
Then you must know your Bible and live accordingly. In the Bible God has established the boundaries we must live within. The boundaries are actually very wide. God gives us lots of room to live full and active lives which are filled with endless variety and options, but still, there are limits, there are boundaries. We must know them and remain within them. It’s when we wander outside of the Biblical boundaries that we begin making bad choices and we find ourselves tangled-up in the briar patches of life.
This study has been all about making good choices in the most important areas of life. I encourage you to go back and review some of the lessons that were most helpful to you. If you need me to resend some of them to you, I will be happy to do that. My prayer for you is that you will experience life in all of its fullness. That’s what Jesus came to give you.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 