It’s Your Choice…
An Arab chief tells a story of a spy who was captured and then sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom of giving condemned criminals a choice between the firing squad and the big, black door.
As the moment for execution drew near, the spy was brought to the Persian general, who asked the question, "What will it be: the firing squad or the big, black door?"
The spy hesitated for a long time. It was a difficult decision. He chose the firing squad.
Moments later shots rang out confirming his execution.
The general turned to his aide and said, "They always prefer the known way to the unknown. It is characteristic of people to be afraid of the undefined. Yet, we gave him a choice."
The aide said, "What lies beyond the big door?"
"Freedom," replied the general. "I’ve known only a few brave enough to take it."...
God’s heart breaks every time He sees people choose the firing squad instead of the Door that leads to true eternal life with Him. Many people rely on the known, which is limited beyond measure. People resort to human intelligence, peer pressure (even as adults) and conform to the world’s standards instead of walking through One passage that will release them from the chains of sin and degradation and into a loving, merciful and graceful God!
Today, if you haven’t made the choice to walk through the Door, I implore you to do so because the firing squad is final, but the Door is Jesus in which you’ll only begin to live when you make a decision for Him and walk into Him, through Him and into a life with God.
Think of this… Jesus is with you even at that last moment. The same tree that you are leaning on when facing the firing squad is the same tree, that if you look up, will show you where God the Son hung and wants to take your place so that you can freely go and live.
Today, contemplate the power of choice and use it to choose life in Christ Jesus…
“I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.” – John 10:9 [Jesus speaking]
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