“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.” 1 Kings 18:21
Making a decision can sometimes be difficult. Living with the consequences of your decisions can be even more difficult. Being unable or unwilling to make decisions demonstrates the lack of personal courage and an established sense of personal morality. While we make multiple decisions each day, there are three decisions that define the ultimate course of a person’s life, and they all involve taking sides.
The first of these decisions took place in a garden paradise. Free of problems and stressors, a man and a woman decided to ignore God’s plan for them and be their own sovereign judge. They decided to go their own way, choose their own truth, live by their own rules—to be as gods.
Since that day, every person has been born into that rebellious nature and lives in it until they consciously choose to submit to God’s sovereignty. The Tree may be moved beyond our reach, but we live among many others called by all manner of names. We face the same choice to live in a state of rebellion against the Creator or make peace with Him.
Many years later, in yet another garden, one Man decided to submit to the plan of God rather than rebel against it. He was betrayed, reviled, spit upon, beaten, and crucified for His decision. Because He stood by that decision and endured the shame it brought, God forgave the rebellion of all humanity and offered peace to all who would receive it.
Why God did this is hard to fathom. His ways are not our ways. He is not the man upstairs seeing the world as we do. He is something infinitely more. He is love that passes all understanding, extending saving grace to His enemies.
The final decision we face is to choose whose side we are on. Rebel or submit, God’s kingdom or one of our own making, conformity or transformation, the choice is ours. As the prophet pointed out, there is no neutrality. Choosing not to answer is a refusal of God’s offer of life and peace. “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.”
“Who is on the Lord’s side?”
Maranatha
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