Day sixteen: you have a choice

We actually have a choice in all things.

We have the choice to choose Life or choose death.

We have a choice to say 'no' or to say 'yes'.

We have a choice to put on brakes and say, "stop' or "pause".

What at all made us think that we cannot make a choice or we do not have a choice in life?

I guess what makes it hard for us to make choices is the fact that we are not ready or willing to take responsibility for the choices we must make.

Whoever said I don't have a choice? I do have a choice.

I am learning today not to give my power of choice to anyone else?

Yes, Holy Spirit must have sovereignty over my choices but essentially, I choose to let Him or not.

Of course, there are those times when He would have to veto certain things but basically, I have a choice. And so do you.

I want us to pledge to ourselves to take responsibility for our actions.

I want us to decide not to yield this power to another by default.

I want us to be intentional about our lives and the things we entertain. I speak not only to you but to me as well.

Are you ready and willing to take responsibility of your life?

Are you ready to be an adult and say yes to Life and no to death?

Are you ready to aspire to and live out the life Jesus has given you?

Are you ready to be the Light you are called to be?

Make up your mind.

So many of us are not resolute in our decisions... I am one of them.

Say yes and mean it. Say 'not yet' and stand by it.

Your life is too valuable to be 'trying' your way through. C'mon.

Stop thinking that you do not have the power to be the very best version of yourself. You have that power. Make up your mind to choose excellence over mediocrity; to choose the hard work needed for excellence. Whoever told you it is impossible lied to you. Decide to take that choice of possibility back!

I have the power to make that decision.

AND SO DO YOU...

Shalom.

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