{"id":2431,"date":"2012-01-22T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T10:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2012-01-23T12:21:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T17:21:50","slug":"created-to-make-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2012\/01\/created-to-make-choices.html","title":{"rendered":"Created to make choices"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I went to a pastor\u2019s meeting this week and I was\u00a0forced<\/strong>\u00a0into taking a job I did not want.\u00a0 In reality, I made a choice to do the job I didn\u2019t like. \u00a0I was put in a position of either, disappointing good and loyal friends who support my ministry or taking a position I didn’t want to take. \u00a0Romans 14:12 says,\u00a0\u00a0So each of us will have to answer to God.<\/em><\/p>\n

Each of us have choices and we make choices.\u00a0 We do have the opportunity to talk to God about all the choices we make when we pray. \u00a0It is one of the mysteries of the world that God gave us the ability to make good and bad choices.<\/p>\n

We know the story of how Eve was deceived by the serpent. \u00a0But she made a choice. \u00a0The Bible tells us that Adam was not deceived; he choose to follow Eve.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There are two kinds of choices that we make. \u00a0Like Eve, we may be tricked into making the wrong choice. \u00a0But too often we are like Adam, we find ourselves in a place where we know what we should do but we choose to do something that is wrong.<\/p>\n

It is wonderful when we might be tricked, or pressured, or forced but we still make the choice ourselves to do the right thing. \u00a0In the long race, right or wrong\u2013we decide on our own to do what we do.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Each of us makes choices each day. \u00a0While we alone must make the choices we make, there is a way that God has provided for us. \u00a0Prayer. \u00a0We should talk to God about the choices we make. \u00a0Jesus will always help us to make the best choices in our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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