Yes, I know this. When the sun rises each morning, it occurs because God commanded it to happen at the beginning. The same goes for the flowers that unfurl, the birds that chirp, and everything else in the world, including me. I draw breath because He commands it of my body. I draw breath because He decided that I should live and not die. I draw breath because He is in control. Yes, I have the choice to disregard Him, and end my existence on earth by going against His command. No, I shall let my life depend on Him, His word, His command.
"Why do you choose this?" you ask. "Why obey when you have the choice?"
God's word shall have the first and last say in my life, and in the Bible, I read these words - "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11). These are not words spoken to men who have been given life to merely live and die. These are words spoken to men who are meant to leave a good legacy. Not one person on this earth that has been brought into life and live 20, 30, 40 years or longer is meant to just live and die. We actually have a destiny, a plan mapped out by God Himself. How tragic should it be if my Creator says to me, "You could have gone further than this" when I enter His rest!
A command is a command, no matter how implicitly it is given. So long I wake up tomorrow morning, I will make it my business to draw closer to my destiny in God. Yet, if there is one thing I have come to realize about God and His plan for me, He only shares it to those who choose to share their lives with Him. Not that the Creator, and Giver of life needs ours, but in yielding control to Him, we demonstrate faith, the ONLY currency God deals with. Therefore, I will take His word on faith, because without it, I cannot please Him.
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