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“The most important choice you will ever make in your life is to choose God.”

From a thought in 10 Choices: A Proven Plan to Change Your Life Forever by James MacDonald, (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

We are looking with James MacDonald at 10 important choices for us to make and choosing God is the most important one.  It is the foundation of all your other choices because it will help you in making all the other ones.

Now James says,  “Since we’re talking about the God who created us, there’s not much point in arguing over who chose whom first. I suggest we get over the distracting discussions of who chooses who and go at this from the only angle we actually experience— our own. We choose God. That’s the way it feels, and that’s the way it functions. And until you get out of your armchair or ivory tower and choose God for your life, you will always be missing the main ingredient for human happiness.”

Until you choose God for your life you will always be missing the main ingredient for your happiness. 

James goes on, “When Joshua stood before the nation of Israel and challenged them to make a decision, he was not snickering up his sleeve that it was actually God who would be making all the choices. He didn’t say, You really don’t have any options in this, just sit tight, and we’ll see what God does. If you’re the ‘faith’ type of person, something will work out. No, Joshua faced the nation and raised his voice with an incredible offer . . . What’s it gonna be, the idols your fathers worshipped or the one true God?  ‘Choose this day whom you will serve’ (Joshua 24: 15).” 

And that is where we are today.  This is a very important choice for you and me to make.  Yes, He has already chosen us, He created us but to really reap the unbelievable benefits of that choice we then have to choose Him.

Earlier James says, “In fact, God only shows up for people who are looking, and He chooses to reveal Himself exclusively to people who really want to know Him.” 

So do you really want to know Him?
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