Friday, January 9, 2004
Josiah took away all the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the
people of Israel, and made all who were in Israel worship the LORD their God. All his days
they did not turn away from following the LORD the God of their ancestors.
(2 Chronicles
43.33
NRSV)
In rural Arizona, a man went to see the Hopi Indians perform ceremonial dances. It was a long
lonely drive to the reservation across secluded desert terrain, and the last 65 miles of it was
over very rough roads. Late afternoon, after the dances, the man returned to his car only to
discover he had a flat tire. To make matters worse, he had no spare in his trunk. But he
remembered seeing a lone service station about 5 miles back down the road. After getting a
ride to the service station, he found the elderly proprietor sitting in a chair drinking a soda. The
stranded man asked, "Excuse me, sir, but do you fix flats?" The proprietor said, "Yep." So the
man asked, "How much do you charge?" The proprietor replied, "What difference does it
make?" Obviously the man was in no position to bargain.
Some choices are an illusion. You really have no choice or the choice has little impact. Then,
of course, there are those life-changing choices. Like going to college, choosing a profession,
choosing a mate.
The most important choice we make everyday is whether to follow God's ways or our own.
Lord Jesus, help me always to make the right choice in following God's ways. Amen.
Ron
Newhouse
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