Choose Life!

Apart from Christ, you can do nothing (John 15:5).

In Christ, you can do everything (Philippians 4:13).

Everything has an environment in which it flourishes – a fish in water, a plant in the soil, a star in the sky.

A fish in water is in its element. It is totally unlimited in fulfilling everything that it desires. It moves; it feeds; it breeds. It is free.

A plant in the ground flourishes and grows, producing flowers and fruit, beauty and benefit to all around.

The stars add magnificence to the night sky, and help us navigate and determine seasons and times.

But take a fish out of water, and it doesn’t do so well.

A plant plucked out of the ground may still look good for a while, but the fact that it is dead will soon become all too visible.

Even a shooting star is a dying star – a rock burning up as it leaves its own atmosphere and enters ours.

You too have an ideal environment; an atmosphere in which you flourish.

God.

You were created in the image of God, and God breathed His breath in to you to give you life (The Bible, Genesis 1:27 & Genesis 2:7).

You were made to live in Him.

Having a relationship with God is not really a matter of choice or even of belief.

It’s a matter of necessity.

You need to be in a relationship with God.

Just as a fish needs to be in water, and a plant needs to be in the ground, you need to be in a relationship with God.

In God, you are in your element. You are totally unlimited in fulfilling everything that you desire. You live and move and have your being. You are free. You grow, you flourish, you provide beauty and benefit to everyone around.

Apart from God, you may look good for a while, but the fact that you are dead will one day become all too visible.