Week 18, Day 5: Bad Choices

Today’s Reading:  Hebrews 1:1-2:18

Some thoughts from yesterday’s reading…

We all make bad choices.  One of the worst decisions ever made was made in Matthew 27:15-26. Pilate offered to release one man to the crowd–Barabbas or Jesus.  Barabbas was insurrectionist and a murderer.  Jesus they had handed over because of envy.  Evidently, it was not a very difficult decision for these Jews to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be crucified.  This tells us just how strong of an emotion envy can be!

These people had a choice to make.  This is the choice that is presented to us (with much less important, at least in the world view, consequences).  It is the choice between good and evil.  We often have to choose whether we are going to do what is right, or do what is wrong.  How often are we hard on the Jews for their decision, and yet in effect we do the exact same thing?  We have the opportunity to choose good, and yet we choose to do evil.  We end up in the same situation as these Jews, which is the same situation that everyone in the world ends up in:  In need of the sacrifice of Christ!

We need to work to train ourselves to make good decisions.  If we commit ourselves to God, then we should have an easier time making the right decisions.  If we make the larger commitment to be faithful, then the smaller, individual decisions should come easier.  We have set in our minds the standard by which we will make all of our choices!  We should ensure that we are focused on doing what is right, and then we will be able to make the good decisions when choices have to be made.

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