The essence of a man, when measured by contemporary standards, reflects what he has acquired educationally, professionally, and socially along with his possessions, family, and friends. Yet hidden in the shadow of these accomplishments is an accurate assessment of the truth.
The measure of a person is determined by what he permits to be the driving forces in his decisions. There were followers of Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler who believed everything they did was good. The ultimate standard will be how God measures each person’s choices.
God’s mercy permits mistakes, wrong choices, and indecisiveness. Included in God’s grace is the potential for new decisions based on insight and wisdom resulting from pain and suffering. Life is about not only what we choose, but whom we choose. Today is the day of salvation when we choose the Lord Jesus Christ.
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so dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God
because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the
kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy
the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new
person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will
for you, which is good and acceptable and perfect.
~Romans 12:1-2 New Living Translation
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