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Every Breath Is A Choice
by Chris Cummings on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at 08:37 am

In today's world it is so easy to get caught up in life's struggles, to walk around with the arrows of the enemy sticking out of us; to feel hurt, abused, dejected, alone, angry, put upon, or just tired of the rat race.

But what if we got some perspective?  What if we took the time to say "I don't care what happens to me as long as I'm standing up for the Truth that is found in Christ."

In the book of acts we find:

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.”- Acts 20:24

What an amazing perspective on life!  For any of us to say, you can throw me to the lions, you can imprison me, you can throw me in the fire, you can crucify me, but my goal is still to preach the Gospel!  In light of the Gospel of God, those arrows of the enemy seem so insigifigant.

For all of us, this is the ever-present struggle we wrestle with; to die to ourselves and count our very lives as worth nothing if it should hender the cause of Christ.  It's a day by day, moment by moment decision to either take on pain or take on Christ and let the pain go.  There is no room to effectively hold on to both.  In every breath we make the choice to stand first for ourselves or to stand first for God.

My choice in this moment is to stand for God.  Dear God may every moment be that choice in our lives!

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