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by Bob and Debby Gass
Take Control of Your Life
September 14, 2013
‘…I have set before you life and death…choose life...’ Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV
Choice is the greatest power God gave you. Too many of us just accept our lives – we don’t become leaders of ourselves. As a result, we can’t get out of our own way. Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wrote in Souls On Fire that when you die and go to meet your Maker, you’re not going to be asked why you didn’t become a messiah or find a cure for cancer. All you’re going to be asked is why you didn’t become you, why you didn’t become all that you really are. Fulfilling God’s will for your life requires taking responsibility for yourself and your life. How do you do that? By saying ‘yes’ to God first – then to yourself. Every time you say ‘yes’, you open yourself up to your God-given potential and to the greatest of possibilities. If you’re used to saying ‘no’, you may find this difficult. If that is true in your case, then at least be willing to say ‘maybe’. One day a father whose child was chronically ill asked Jesus to heal him. ‘Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”’ (Mark 9:23-24 NKJV) If you’re a self-doubter, pray that same prayer. God will answer it. Never forget that you are unique, possessing talents, experiences and opportunities that no one else has ever had – or ever will have. You’re responsible to become all God made you to be, not only for your own benefit but for everyone else’s.
Soulfood: Lev 16, Lev 23:26-32, Heb 9:1-14, Heb 13:11-16
The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2013
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