"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies,
it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain." John 12:24
Each and every day we are given a choice. It is a simple choice. It is a profound choice. Do we live for ourselves or do we live for God? Our choice determines whether we stay alive, alone or whether we die among a community. It is my belief that the first sin was deciding to commune with that which was not God. We were created for community with the Creator and yet we decided to chose the created instead.
So for thousands upon thousands of years we who believe have been attempting to get that original community back. We worked hard, we prayed hard, we sacrificed hard, for nought. Because it wasn't within our power to reestablish it, it was within God's, and God did. Through a baby in a manger to a man on a cross and off it God did what we could not, reestablish the original community. What is left now is for us to allow it to happen. And so, each and every day we are given a choice.
A grain of wheat, or any other seed for that matter, must die in order for new life to begin, the same is true of us. The problem, and I'm sure you know it already, is that we don't really want to die to live. So, we argue about the choice, we rationalize why we don't have to choose, we bargain, we cajole, we fester, and we do it all alone. A man or woman who chooses to live for themselves is alone, even in the midst of a crowded room. A man or woman who chooses to live for God is never alone, even in the dungeon.
Each and every day we are given a choice. It is a simple choice. It is a profound choice. Do we live for ourselves or do we live for God?
+ What choice do you make? Why?
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