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On Tuesday nights my wife and I meet with a couple that God has blessed us with. My friend Kevin likes to sing and does it out loud (often). This last Tuesday he was singing the words to a song that I hadn't heard in awhile. All I picked up on was the line "let it be said of us." It was bugging me a lot this week that I couldn't remember the words to the song, so I finally googled it and it's called "The Blessing" by John Waller. Here's the link. Make sure you listen to it before you read the rest of the post....

Hearing the song made me search to find the scripture that I'm positive the song was inspired by. The passage is Deuteronomy 30:19-20

"I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying His voice and holding fast to Him, for He is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

Normally I would never say that God spoke to me through a song, but since I think this one is based on scripture, I'll fudge a bit this time. The concept of choosing life has something that has been stirring in me and the song and this scripture solidified it. As a believer I am sealed by the Holy Spirit and I belong to Jesus forever, but God still calls me everyday to choose life. So much of my life, as a believer, I have walked in death because I was too scared and selfish to choose life. I don't want to live that way anymore. In the power of God I want to truly choose life. This will cost me for sure. It means that dying to myself can no longer be a catch phrase, but a way of life. I'm not sure yet what God is doing, but I can tell you that for the first time in my life I'm not completely scared of the future. I'm actually excited about it. Is there still fear there? The answer is yes. But, it is not like it used to be for me. God is doing something in me that I never thought was possible. He has allowed me to see that living in fear and anxiousness necessarily means walking in death. I must choose life. This practically and simply means I must be willing to fight the mental battle and no longer be okay with fear and anxiety. It means that there are areas of my life where I need to lead my family in stepping out in faith: at work, in our neighborhood, and with the poor. What area of your life might God be saying "choose life"?