What Do You Choose?

Every morning you wake up with a choice to make. You have the freedom to wake up early, wake up late or not to wake up at all. You have the choice to make breakfast or not take breakfast at all.

You also have the choice to pray and thank God for the day or just throw away your beddings grunting. You have the option of doing that devotion or switching to watch AM live.

I was watching a video on YouTube titled, “Kids Meet A Little Person.” The lady was very short, shorter than all the kids she was talking to. The video was done to appreciate little people in the society and not treat them differently.

The very little woman who was three feet tall said that she had a bizarre condition. Her bones were so soft that every time she coughed or sneezed she broke something. She said she had over 100 fractures and had undergone over 23 surgeries.

I said to myself, “That little person is a human like me, breathing the air like me and with senses like me. That could have been me. It’s just that I am favored. I am not too good to deserve a healthy life.”

I asked myself, “Did I choose to thank God for life? Or did I just rush to the kitchen as I always do?” What choice do you make as you wake up in the morning? Is it all about you?

There is that swift humble voice that speaks to us. It guides us, tells us not to do some things, it instructs us but we choose to ignore it. We make choices contrary to what is good and beneficial.

What did you choose to end today? Did you choose to end your debauchery? Have you resolved to stop lying, to stop hating and to stop getting angry?

I read somewhere that our bodies are designed to protect themselves. This is why waking up very early in the morning or doing hard tasks seem hard.

The body protects itself by revenging, filling the heart with malice and overreacting. The body plays a big role in impacting the mind to make decisions that favor it.

The spirit, on the other hand, tries to knock another sense in you, the soft-spoken voice that tries to reason with your reactive decisions.

The Bible says that the spirit is indeed willing but the flesh is weak. It says that the heart is deceitful above all things. Why? Because it is designed to protect itself.

The heart is selfish, it seeks to satisfy itself and that’s why people say things like, “I hate him from the bottom of my heart.” The flesh will always be at opposite ends with the spirit.

When you choose to make decisions that favor your flesh you will end up in destruction. Many thieves, after stealing, hate what they do. Many murderers are still haunted by what they did. Why? They made decisions that favored the flesh. At the time the decision looked so fulfilling but in the long run, they regretted their actions.

Every single day we have a beautiful day that we should rejoice and be glad in but do we do that exactly? Should any trouble,  any pain, any misfortune or any affliction hit you, you are supposed to simply rejoice and be glad in it. But do you do exactly that?

Your body will always fail you because it will suggest to you that you are unable to rejoice in affliction. I love a blog by Daniel Mbugua (RIP), a young Kenyan man who had cancer and used his pain to witness the truth and the glory of Christ. He explained.

“If by this pain I have been a witness to the truth and glory of Christ; if by this pain I have strengthened and encouraged a believer; If by this pain I might have pointed someone to Jesus and caused them to desire a personal relationship with Him, Yes, it is worth it. My body will probably disagree, and it is expected, but I choose to side with my spirit and soul, which vehemently affirm.”

Daniel Mbugua remains my world’s inspirational writer. I never knew him personally but every time I think about his life, documented in five articles on his blog I think of what decisions I make in life.

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He may not have been a hero in the limelight but he was a hero to many. He left a legacy. He may not have been a great writer but his words left inspiration stamped in the hearts of many.

Daniel Mbugua

Your body will tell you that you cannot be that singer, you cannot live your dream or something is very hard for you to bear. Well, listen to your spirit, it says otherwise.

I have found that in making choices, the spirit is usually very silent. The flesh is usually very loud. There is a reason why we are taught to listen and meditate on the word of God. We do not listen or meditate on noise. We do that in tranquility.

We have very many loud Christians who spend hours in prayer and little time listening and meditating. Their work is to keep on telling God over and over and over to give them a breakthrough but they take zero time in seeking how God will reveal to them the breakthrough. Yes prayer changes things but

Isaiah 59:1

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

So I wrote you an inspirational article, what do you choose? To read, get filled and nourished, get challenged for a few days then snap back to your normal life or do you choose positivity, to seek more motivation and forward growth? Take time to listen to your spirit. Meditate on the word of God, it is lamp over your feet.

Let me leave you with a word of inspiration from Daniel’s last article from his blog. He wrote about prayer points and the last one really impacted my life.

Prayer Points

• It has been 18 days since the transplant and my sister’s (Sara) stem cells, which were transfused into my body, are yet to engraft. Doctors admitted it is cause for concern. Pray for engraftment. Pray for a miracle.
• Pray against infections and pain.
• Pray for strength for me and my family as we go through this tough journey.
• Pray for God’s provision to meet the escalating medical costs.
• Spending Christmas in hospital made me realize that every year many people spend this season in hospital or at home fighting one sickness or the other. Let us not tire of praying for them.

Merry Christmas!!