Choices

Thursday 12th

Choices

Genesis 13

How do we make choices?

Is there something special about the way believers in Jesus are to make choices?

Genesis 13 shows that there was a big difference between the way Lot and Abram made choices.

Firstly, we see the bad choice of Lot. Lot chose badly because he based his choice purely on himself, on what things looked like to him. When asked by Abram to choose the piece of land he wanted to go and live on, Lot made his choice based on what looked better to him (v10-12). But Lot also chose to ignore the fact that living in that place would involve him having to get closely associated with people that the passage describes as "great sinners" (v13). And sadly this bad choice would lead to disaster for Lot (See Genesis 14:12 and Genesis 19). The way to disaster is to think we know what is best for ourselves and that compromise with evil does not matter.

Then we may also note in this chapter of Genesis the way that Abram made his choices surrounded by and soaked in prayer, the voice of God and worship (v4, 14, 18). And because God was his focus and Leader, the way Abram conducted his life and made choices would result in God blessing him (v14-17). 

Let's choose to live and make our choices in the way of faith, like Abram, and live our lives surrounded by and soaked in prayer, the voice of God (in Scripture and in prophetic gifts), worship and the promise of God's blessing.