Firm and Decisive
“If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live;
Before man are life and death, good and evil,
whichever he chooses shall be given him.”Sirach 15:15, 17
Making decisions was never a strength of mine. It could be as simple as what to order from the menu or as life-changing as which career path to take. There are times when indecisiveness is not really a problem, but then there are times when it really is. With trivial matters, such as deciding on where to go for dinner, being indecisive might result in a bit of wasted time but it will not result in any major consequences. However in matters of faith and morals, indecisiveness has eternal consequences.
The Lord reminded His disciples that He came to fulfill the Law, not abolish it. He also told them to let their “yes” mean “yes” and their “no” mean “no.” When it comes to the spiritual life and our souls, we must be firm and decisive. We must either say “yes” to God and “no” to the enemy, otherwise we will be saying “yes” to the enemy and “no” to God. We must choose either life or death, to follow God’s commandments or not, to trust in the Lord or not. We cannot say “yes” only sometimes to God. Our “yes” must be a yes at all times. It must be an intentional “yes.” A “yes” that is rooted in a relationship.
When we realize and know that it is not a concept or thing that we are saying “yes” to, but rather a Person, then our “yes” might be more meaningful. We say “yes” to God because we know He is our Father and we are His beloved sons and daughters. We say “yes” to God because we know He makes all things work for our good. We say “yes” to God because we know He sent His only begotten Son into this world so that our likeness in Him might be restored. We say “yes” to God because we know that He is our life and our salvation. We say “yes” to God because it is to Him that we belong and to Him that we will one day return. Brothers and sisters, let our “yes” to God be firm and decisive for He has already say “yes” to us.
