"But as for you" (Titus 2:1)
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (Proverbs 18:21)
Today you and I will have choices to make . . . choices that will affect the day . . . your day . . . your well being . . . your outcome for today. Choices you and I will make today, will affect those around us in three ways. The first is “no effect”, the second is “destructive effect”, and the third is the “positive effect”.
No effect means, no effect on 6 or so billion people on this spec called plant earth . . . or do we have an effect? God knows! But, those whom we do come in contact with, that remaining small percentage . . . ahh you and I have a choice. Choice two or three, one or the other. The choices are ours. Yes, we have this wonderful ability to speak a word, offer a facial or body expression or even extend service, or not!
Today you can choose to say nothing to someone who smiles at you. You can choose to frown or wear an angry look, speak the course word or walk past the one who needs a helping hand. It is your choice, and it’s all yours . . . you own it! Consider that whatever you do effects others whom you come in contact with. It is real! Its affect can destroy, if only for a moment for some, eternity for others. God knows! It is your choice and it is powerful. Yes, you can be a powerful person for destruction, it’s a choice given to you freely. What a wonderful God who does leave the decision up to us – he gives us the choice. We can speak life . . . that’s right, or death for life and death are in the power of the tongue.
God gives us the choice to speak life. “Lord, today I choose life in you to give life away to others”, that’s a positive choice. The choice I make today is life. I choose that my words and actions today can encourage a neighbor, can pray for their needs, or can extend a helping hand just as Titus spoke out “But as for you speak the things which are proper”. The positive choice will affect your life and those in your path. That is new life for today.
In Christ, Pastor "Chappy" Dave
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