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We have so many amazing freedoms in this world. Us Americans have the greatest freedoms of all. We are free to do whatever we want. Lately I have felt like there is one freedom though that has been almost too costly...the freedom of choice.

My choices are infinite. Every single day I have choices that are too great to count. So I choose based on what I know and my past history. If I've gotten burnt before, I know not to touch the hot stove. Choice. If I got sick on Ramen Noodles in the past (true story), I won't eat them again. Choice. If I've gotten a speeding ticket recently, I'll go slower. Choice. And honestly, a temporary choice, because we eventually speed again!

Freedom of choice is killing me right now in this choice: God or me? Do I choose God or do I choose me Every day, in a thousand ways, that is my choice. And there is NO decision that this doesn't apply to in my life. Conversations, free time, money, eating, thoughts, actions, all of it. Do I choose God or me?

See, I figured out that I can't have it both ways. I can't chase after the selfish desires of my heart and then turn around and tell God that I am committed to following Him. God calls me to leave my selfish life behind. Not change it, not add to it, but to leave it behind. I am a new creation, not a modified one.

My encouragement for all of us today is to be aware that we will make the wrong choice. But we have a God of second chances. And third chances, and thirty-third chances, and on and on. I'm choosing God today, and choosing not to get caught up in my plans for tomorrow.


But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. -Psalm 73:28