Deuteronomy 30:15-16 & 19 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. . . . .I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So CHOOSE life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,

We all make many, many choices every day. Some are very important in that the results or consequences of our choice are significant in our lives and those around us. Other choices matter little.

It is like planning a route across the United States on a bicycle. There is the starting point which is usually the “present location,” and there is the desired finishing spot. Once the route has been planned, it is divided up into daily courses, with each day moving us closer to our desired finishing place. At the beginning of each day, the route is downloaded into our phone, and the phone is attached to the handlebars of our bicycle. During the day, at every intersection, we can look down at our phone and see on the screen which way to turn. We make choices all day long designed to get us where we want to go.

I am in Alaska fishing for sockeye salmon and halibut. Where do we fish? When do we fish? How do we fish? If I am not catching fish, I change something; I keep changing and experimenting until what I want happens. If I see someone else catching fish when I am not, I watch them and try and learn what they are doing.

Psalms 37:4-5 Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

What are my desires? What do I want to happen? Where do I want to go? What do I want to accomplish? What kind of person do I want to become?

Psalms 50:23
And to him who orders his way aright will know God.

I write my goals for my life, yearly goals, monthly, weekly, and daily. I pray, ponder, think, and get counsel concerning what my goals should be. I read my goals often to keep my focus on what I want and where I want to go.

Every morning and all through the day, I pray and ask God to lead me and guide me into His perfect will for my life, and then I choose.

I want to know God more intimately every day; I want to become like Him in character more every day. I want to bear much fruit for him every day; I want to love and serve my family well every day; I want to be a golden vessel for God’s use to use my giftedness to build His church every day.