Life is a matter of choices. We are making choices every day at every single step. Right from the time we wake up, to the time we hit the sack at night. Some of these are so routine we do not even stop to think about the choice we make.
The choices we make about food and exercise influence our physical health. The choices we make about how to respond to life’s adversities affect our psychological well-being. And the choices we make about self-improvement direct the very course of our lives. That is the power of choice.
People who decide and choose under difficult circumstances often progress in life, unlike those who get stuck. This is also the reason some people are more successful than others.
The importance of turning away from your old evil ways of sin and never looking back. You need to burn the bridges back to your old ways of iniquity by exercising the free will and self control that God has already given you. Fix your mind on Christ and His ways. Only you can do this, God will not do it for you!
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8
God has given us the power of choice; it is ours to exercise. We cannot change our hearts, we cannot control our thoughts, our impulses, our affections. We cannot make ourselves pure, fit for God’s service. But we can choose to serve God, we can give Him our will; then He will work in us to will and to do according to His good pleasure. Thus, our whole nature will be brought under the control of Christ. Ministry of Healing 176.2