Monday July 27, 2009 Choice

As I was sitting in the dentist's chair today I was reminded of the word choice. Of course, at this point of my dental care, I had a choice to not receive the necessary work that was about to be done, but I actually had a more important choice this morning. Knowing it was going to take a while, I brought a book. I was vacillating over the Bible and a novel - I chose the Bible. Why is this significant? My dentist has seen me with books over our short relationship and she always asks me about what I am reading. Today, she noticed my Bible and commented. It didn't hit me at first, but then I started thinking about the fact that I had a choice of what I was going to read. God hit me right between the eyes, and it smarted; I started to think why would I deny who I was and not make the first word I put before my eyes the "Living Word". I have made a choice to follow Jesus and while I can read different things and not be condemned, I had not read the Bible yet today. Things kept coming to my mind about why I should select the novel instead of the Bible that obviously I wouldn't be able to concentrate on in a dentists chair. None of these excuses came from the Lord, nor did they prove to be true. When I made my decision on which to bring, I decided that I would bring the one God chose and so I asked Him. The Bible is all that came to me and so that's the one I grabbed. So, did I get a chance to read the Word? Yes I did. I read Deuteronomy 30 and Joshua 24 because they were two chapters dealing with the word "choice". I received a lot from those chapters and in addition, I received what I shared with you. Don't think I would have gotten as much out of the novel, even though it's a good one.