Choose Life
Deuteronomy 30:15–16, 19–20
NLT“Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. For I command you today to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.”
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life.”
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Spiritual freedom is the active, daily commitment to align one's conduct with the flourishing of life.
Moses delivers his final covenantal address to the assembled tribes of Israel on the threshold of the promised land, setting before them life and good versus death and destruction, and solemnly invoking heaven and earth as eternal witnesses as he exhorts them to choose life.
Light
Affirming personal agency, moral clarity, and life-affirming ethical devotion.
Shadow
Relapsing into destructive cynicism or fatalistic resignation.
