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219 August 6th
The Lesser of Poor Choices
We make choices all the time. Every day our choices are so numerous that we are not cognizant of each individual choice. We make hundreds of choices every day. We are not aware of the This process starts when we are born and it continues until we take our last breath on earth.
The choices we make fall into categories: We can …
· Make a good choice or a bad choice
· Make a right choice or a wrong one
· Move forward or go backward
· Make a Godly choice or a sinful one
· Make a loving choice or a hateful choice
· Be for someone or against them
· Be for something or against it
· Make choices that will hurt us and choices that will benefit us
· Make choices that will make life easy or make it more difficult
· Choose the lesser of two poor choices
One thing I try to remember, as I proceed in my daily decision making, is, “Every choice matters.” It matters when I choose to do right over choosing to do wrong. It matters if I choose to move toward God or away from Him. It matters when I choose to obey the speed limit and when I don’t. Every choice has a natural and logical consequence. Many choices have a spiritual consequence. Carry the thought around with you today that “every choice matters.”
Occasionally we face situations which don’t seem to have a good choice versus a bad choice. In these instances, we choose between two difficult options or two hard or poor choices. An example: you recently found out that your spouse is having an affair. You are heart-broken and feel totally rejected and betrayed. Most of your Christian friends tell you to leave him/her and get a divorce. They assert that you have Biblical justification to do so because of the affair. Yet, something in you, some still small voice in you, tells you to not hastily seek a divorce. You sincerely sense that God wants you and your spouse to attempt reconciliation and restoration. Therefore, you don’t file for a divorce. You choose to endure risky vulnerability and potential pain in an effort to: (1) obey what God is telling you and (2) use the situation as an opportunity for God to showcase His glory via a restored marriage.
When you are faced with having to make such a choice, always seek the Lord’s counsel before you act. Don’t solely base your decision on what you think or what the people around you tell you. Ask God for His divine wisdom when having to choose the lesser of two poor choices.
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