Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God."
1 Thessalonians 1:2-4
I like the idea here of the "election of God" ... and usually it means being chosen by God, but since everyone has the option of being chosen, it is also us actively choosing/electing God. And that imagery of an election highlights what we really need to be doing in our lives each day... choosing God rather than choosing anyone or anything else. When we choose him, then we are also choosing other things that are good, and when we don't choose him, then we are risking everything, for nothing lasts without God at its core. He is very literally truth and life, and our opposite choices of deception and death are where other choices all eventually lead.
On some level I think that we can feel this... walking away from God feels wrong. Unfortunately, often we try to overcome these feelings, attempting to wash away the guilt or overcome the shame we feel at doing something that we know is wrong on an instinctual level. When we do that, we're desensitizing ourselves to the influence of the Spirit in our lives, when we should be nurturing that connection with God and trying to live by it more, rather than less.
Today, let's choose God and work to grow closer to the Spirit through prayer, faith, love, patience, and all good works. Let's stand on the side of truth and goodness, even if it means that we need to revise our choices and ourselves a little more to the good. :)
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