Anytime I think about choosing life or death, I usually relate it to what I speak. This is because the bible says that the tongue is like a two edged sword, in it has the power of both life and death. It is out of our mouth that we create our circumstances. The bible says that out of our mouth we speak both blessings and curses and that it should not be this way. So the bible relates life and death to our words a pretty good bit.
But this morning as I read in Deuteronomy, I was reminded of so much more. It is not only our tongue that we choose like and death but by our lifestyle and by our actions.
Deuteronomy 30:15-16 See today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity. For I am commanding you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances so that you may live and multiply and the Lord your God may bless you in the Land you are entering to possess. But if your hearts turn against Him and you are lead astray to bow in worship to other Gods and serve them, I tell you today you will certainly perish and will not prolong your days in the land you are entering to possess.
So in these scriptures the Lord tells the Israelites that they have a choice to love and serve Him which will lead to life and prosperity or they can turn away from God and do things their own way which will lead to death and adversity. And just as they have this choice, so do we. We have the choice of life and prosperity or death and adversity. Not only do we choose this with what we speak but also with how we live. If we want the Lord to prosper us, to bless us, to build us up and make us strong, to use us, to call us His own people, we must love and obey Him. We must do things His way, not our own. The bible says that we prove our love for Him by obeying His commandments. So regardless of what season of life we are in, we are to stay near to Him. If we are in a good season, we are not to get so comfortable that we backslide and forget Him. If we are in a bad season we are to stay near to Him and trust Him and learn on Him as our rock and refuge so that He can lead us through and so that we can grow. I encourage you today to choose life. Choose prosperity that comes from God not the world. Love Him with everything in you. Deuteronomy 30:11 says This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach.
Kingdom Thoughts 
Good measage! I’ve been thinking about this very same thing all week. If people would just have faith in Jesus pray to him in the good and in the bad he will bless and keep us safe. We can’t forget him because we feel like we have it all.. God doesn’t like to be forgotten …if we forget him he will forget us in our times of trouble.
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Yes! It actually broke my heart while reading about the Israelites bc when they betrayed Him, He said to them, after all I’ve done for you, this is how you repay me?
Really touched my heart and of course we are to apply that to our own personal lives.
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