CHOOSE GOD=CHOOSE LOVE!
We live in a world
We live=
In a culture=where everybody
WANTS YOU=to choose sides
I am here
To tell you=I am
CHOOSING GOD=CHOOSING LOVE!
“……..I will NO LONGER offer holocaust
Or sacrifice
To ANY other god=Except the Lord” 2
Kings 5:17
So liberal or conservative=
Democrat or Republican=NO MATTER
Your race=nationality=or creed
CHOOSE justice=choose truth
Choose righteousness
CHOOSE GOD=CHOOSE LOVE!
EVERYONE wants us
To IDENTIFY with a particular issue
With a PARTICULAR SIDE=against
What the other side may think
I am=NOT playing that game
I am=CHOOSING GOD
I am CHOOSING LOVE!
At all times
DON’T BOW DOWN
To an idol=or ideology
Don’t bow down=to a group=always
CHOOSE GOD=CHOOSE LOVE!
GOD ALONE=
Should always BE=at the center
Of our thinking
Of our decision making
“Anyone WHO CHOOSES
To do the will=of God
Will find out
Whether my teaching
Comes from God=or whether I
Speak on my own” John
7:17
CHOOSING GOD=choosing love!
Means learning=reflecting
On the issues=FACING this world
It means speaking up
IN HONESTY=and in love
For what is right=in this world
It means speaking up
IN LOVE AND WITH COMPASSION
Even for those
Who OPPOSE our views
It is NOT EASY=to do that
But Jesus told us
To love OUR ENEMIES
As well as our neighbors
CHOOSING GOD=CHOOSING LOVE!
On all occasions
“NOW CHOOSE LIFE
So that you=and your children
May live
And that you may
LOVE the Lord=your God
Listen to his voice-
And hold fast to him”
Deuteronomy 30:19
“You did NOT CHOOSE ME-
But I CHOSE YOU=and appointed you
So that you might go
And bear fruit--------
Fruit that will last…….”
John 15:16
Dear Lord=we PRAY that
We will NOT bow down
To anything in this world
But you=WE
CHOOSE GOD=WE CHOOSE LOVE!
In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER LOVING=forever
perfect=Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
10-08-2022
Ps INSPIRED by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Karla Manternach
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