Consciously choose to commit my life and will to Christ’s care and control. I like the first word. “Consciously” it tells me I have to think about it, consider it, with a clear mind.
The second word is good too as I must choose. I like to choose, don’t you? I like a choice in food and drink, TV shows, movies, books, political candidates lots of things really. But it is also true I sometimes don’t choose. I don’t want to. I would rather have it decided for me so that I can complain about the decision and the decider (is that a word? It is NOW) and not be responsible.
Why is it that free will, the ability and requirement to choose is God’s plan? I wouldn’t do that if I were god. Nope, I would decide and you would be happy. I might be more happy than you because I am deciding but then again you wouldn’t care because you never had a choice anyway (I digress). Honestly it really bites that I have to consciously choose every day, every minute to submit to Christ. Why couldn’t that be done already? It’s not. I/you have to choose each day that I live.
How do you live life one day at a time? There are plans to be planned, and schedules to keep and obligations to be met. It extends into the future more than tomorrow. How do I live one day at a time? By choosing each day to commit to Christ, that is how. In reality my commitment although passionate and fervent is very short lived, distracted like the dogs in Disney’s UP when a squirrel is mentioned. I have a case of ADD when it comes to Christ and following him. I think that is a blessing that I must consciously choose each day to commit my life and will to Christ care and control. It keeps me focused and fresh. It keeps me looking for and to Him for everything. After all he wants to be my everything, my all in all, for us to be close so that he may care for me.
That’s the third step of 12. That is a hard step to take once much less every day. However, every day is one step closer to forever with God because of Jesus. It’s worth it.
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