Isaiah 1-4: You are smart. You have been given the ability to think and reason. You have been charged with looking at a situation and making the wisest choices. Every day through out the day we are given the responsibility to make the wise choice. Our health, security and well being are based on the choices we make. This is a God given gift. So we should not be surprised when He says,
Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
It really is that easy. We get to choose and our choices lead to forgiveness and life or guilt and destruction. For me that is an easy choice. I choose life. It may mean saying no to some things that look good or even make me happy, but in the end these things would only be momentary. I choose to look toward the eternal and that which brings life everlasting.
Take the time to reason. Count the costs. Look beyond today, this hour, this minute and choose life.