5/25/2020
Genesis 13:9 “If thou wilt take the left
hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I
will go to the left.”
Today, Chambers is discussing having a
right to choose. Again, very timely for what is going on in the world right
now. Some people are choosing safety by wearing masks and social distancing.
Other people are choosing to forgo that advice and gather in large groups, or
go out to crowded places. Thankfully in our country, civil liberty is still
with us and those choices are individual ones. I certainly fall strongly to one
side, and know individuals who fall on the other.
But what about the topic of faith in God? How
does choice factor into this? My relationship with God has been very liberating,
although many may at first think this to be otherwise. I can turn to His word
to seek guidance on everything and anything that could possibly happen in life.
I can come to Him in prayer always, in petition or intercession. I can also
unburden my soul. Whether in a time of testing, which we are all certainly
experiencing now, or a time of prosperity, I know God is there with me every
moment. I am still working to get out of His way in certain areas of my life,
and trust Him with reckless obedient abandon. Chambers writes, “God sometimes
allows you to get into a place of testing where your own self welfare would be
the right and proper thing to consider if you were not living a life of faith;
but if you are, you waive your right and leave God to choose for you.” During
this uncertain time, have I gladly waived my right to choose because I know,
beyond the shadow of a doubt, that God cares for me? Am I listening to that
still small voice? Am I trusting Jesus this minutes and every minute that
follows?
Chambers writes, “Many of us do not go on
spiritually because we prefer to choose what is right instead of relying on God
to choose for us. We have to learn to walk according to the standard which has
its eye on God.” For me, there is no other way.
I am, as always, a work in progress.
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