The Chose

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THE CHOSE

Prov 16:8

8 Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

NIV

It would seem that most people are in pursuit of life liberty and happiness, the American dream, to have as much of the world’s good as possible. Most of us live in as big a home as we can possible have, drive the best cars we can, eat the best food, wear the best clothes we can and do all things we want to do, or dream about bigger, and better things to do and try our best to do be able to do them. If for some reason our lives are not as big as we dream of then we feel discontent and are at unrest, wanting more. Here in this saying we learn we such be content in whatever state we are in as long as we are in right standing with God. It is far better for us to live with much less and be in right standing with God, then to live in the lap of luxury because we have put out our personal gain before our relationship with God. If our motive of having a relationship with God is so that he will bless us with the abundant life, we lose for that is injustice. If we live for personal gain, but include God as a part of our lives, we lose for that too is injustice. The main point here that we need to put God before all else. It does not matter what we have or do not have, as long as we have a right relationship with God. This life is just a preparation for the life to come and if we are in pursuit of this life, we may well not have the one to come. There if a difference between life everlasting and perishing, and only those in right standing with God will have life everlasting. It is our right to choose.