Which do you choose

“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life” (Deut. 30:19). What was said to the Jews is, in substance, said to Gentiles. To choose implies the action of free-will. The Scriptures do not trifle—they do not mock us. Our free-will may be bounded by limitations, and well that it is, but we have sufficient to obey or disobey—sufficient to establish a ground on which God can righteously bless or curse, save or destroy. The psalmist’s view is a right one, and his example is safe: “I have chosen the way of truth”—“I will run the way of thy commandments” (Ps. 119:30, 32). Yes, it is a question of “I will” or “I will not.” Let our choice be the wise one, and, having decided, let us cheerfully press onwards.

1902 Christadelphian p210