Inspirational
Making a Choice
This post on social media by a Christian friend must have passed my wall a dozen times, but I gave it only a cursory glance. This morning, however, after reading my Bible (Matthew 27), it hit me!
“The governor asked, ‘Which of the two [Jesus or Barabbas] do you want me to release to you?’
“‘Barabbas!’ the people shouted.
“Over two thousand years later, today, we are still choosing Barabbas.”
Our Bible tells us that every year during the Passover celebration, it was the governor’s custom to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted. That year, they chose to free the notorious prisoner, Barabbas, over Jesus.
Life is all about choices. Even an ordinary movement we make upon waking up is a choice: check our phone messages or go to the bathroom.
May we find time to reflect on the choices we make with every breath we take. It would help to always remember that the Lord chose us.
In John 15: 16 (ESV), He said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
Must we choose the world? Barabbas? “If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” (John 15:19)
Our reward is found in Romans 8:28, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Let me then share with you my note-to-self starting today: As soon as you open your eyes every morning, choose to be grateful and happy. Thank the Lord for a new day of grace!
