~ Dr. Cheong Kok Weng
Choices made follow us – this underscores the inherent responsibility embedded in the power of choice that God endowed us with; a capacity intrinsically linked to the concept of free will. The two function in concert, establishing a framework of agency and accountability that is central to the lasting influence on our life’s trajectory.
Our choices are not merely transient events, but rather existential commitments that accrue to our being, casting long shadows upon the path ahead. They possess distinctive, formative power: the capacity to recalibrate our internal compass – that innate framework of values, desires, and moral intuitions that guides our navigation through our sojourn on planet 🌏.
This profound agency is itself a fundamental aspect of the Divine-human covenant. In God’s sovereign act, the conferral of free will was inextricably joined with the awesome power of choice, entrusting to us grave, weighty and glorious responsibility of shaping our own character and, ultimately, our destiny; because we are free, we are also inherently responsible.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
“The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.” Proverbs 14:27
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23
Thus, each decision, however seemingly insignificant, carries an existential weight, for it is through the cumulative exercise of this God-given faculty that the self is continually “made and remade”.
“that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”
Ephesians 4:22-24
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. ” Proverbs 18:21