The Choice That Matters
"For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, indeed, it cannot." – Romans 8:7
Every single day, you’re faced with a choice. And it’s a choice that shapes everything about your life. Will you please God, or will you please yourself? That’s it. Those are the only two options.
If you’re honest, living for yourself sounds like freedom. You get to do what feels good, chase what makes you happy, and make your own rules. But the problem is, that kind of freedom is a lie. It’s a trap that leaves you empty and searching for more. No matter how much you chase after what pleases you, it’s never enough. And the more you feed your own desires, the further you drift from the life God is trying to give you.
Romans 8:7 makes it clear. “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, indeed, it cannot.” When you live only to please yourself, your heart is constantly at war with God’s will. You can’t walk in the fullness of what God has for you when you’re still clinging to your own way.
But when you choose to please God, everything changes. Choosing to please Him means surrendering your own desires and trusting His will above your own. It means filling the gaps in your life with His truth instead of your own wants. It’s not about living a perfect life. It’s about living a surrendered one.
Jesus came to give you life, and life more abundantly. But that life only comes when you choose to please Him. When you choose His way over your own. When you stop chasing what feels good and start pursuing what is good.
Today, you have a choice. Will you live to please yourself, or will you live to please God? Only one path leads to the abundant life you’re looking for. The question is, which one will you choose?
Every single day, you’re faced with a choice. And it’s a choice that shapes everything about your life. Will you please God, or will you please yourself? That’s it. Those are the only two options.
If you’re honest, living for yourself sounds like freedom. You get to do what feels good, chase what makes you happy, and make your own rules. But the problem is, that kind of freedom is a lie. It’s a trap that leaves you empty and searching for more. No matter how much you chase after what pleases you, it’s never enough. And the more you feed your own desires, the further you drift from the life God is trying to give you.
Romans 8:7 makes it clear. “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, indeed, it cannot.” When you live only to please yourself, your heart is constantly at war with God’s will. You can’t walk in the fullness of what God has for you when you’re still clinging to your own way.
But when you choose to please God, everything changes. Choosing to please Him means surrendering your own desires and trusting His will above your own. It means filling the gaps in your life with His truth instead of your own wants. It’s not about living a perfect life. It’s about living a surrendered one.
Jesus came to give you life, and life more abundantly. But that life only comes when you choose to please Him. When you choose His way over your own. When you stop chasing what feels good and start pursuing what is good.
Today, you have a choice. Will you live to please yourself, or will you live to please God? Only one path leads to the abundant life you’re looking for. The question is, which one will you choose?
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I’ve thought about this a lot over the years. I think there are a lot of people like myself who have wondered what exactly is Gods will? With as deceitful as the human heart and mind can be it can easily get confusing. That’s a great question that I think everyone should ask. Am I trying to please God or man? Fear of what others might think. What it might do to my purpose. It can get so outrageously justified that it can even become a holy mission that is threatened and must protect. But Jesus came to heal the sick not the healthy. He chosen the sinners of this world to serve Him. Not the righteous. I have found Gods will for me all along was to give me that abundant life. I battle with it sometimes but I have come to terms with the facts. I don’t know how to get those things and also that He does.