Every choice carries its own consequence. It’s been that way since the very beginning. Adam’s choice to disobey God in the Garden of Eden resulted in consequences that still affect each of us today. When God first starting working with the nation of Israel, He took the mass of people out to two mountains explaining that the mountains represented choices – the mountain of blessing and the mountain of cursing. His instructions to the people were: “This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live…” – Deuteronomy 30:19.

     Choose life, what a strange request indeed. It would seem that choosing life would be the natural response of every man, but that is not true. In fact, it seems just the opposite. We choose to smoke, drink and eat things that cause hardships to our body. We choose to watch, listen and participate in things that put our minds in a quandary. We even choose to elect leaders who admit to being anti-life. How can we expect to live a life of comfort and ease when we constantly make the wrong choices? I believe that somehow we have convinced ourselves that our choices do not matter, thinking that regardless of the choices we make life is still going to go well for us.

     It is obvious by the news coming out of Washington that they think we, the common people, are no longer capable of making adequate choices for ourselves. At least that is what the powers that be seem to believe. Our failure to understand the consequences of our choices has led to a state of existence where we are no longer given the power to choose. This is not a very good place to be because this state of existence does not allow room for our Father God. Even His Ten Commandments are excluded. No knowledge of God, no choice to know and serve Him.

     When Moses died and the task of leading the massive hoard of people fell to Joshua, God gave Joshua this instruction: “This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous and then you shall have good success” – Joshua 1:8.

     Why would God give Joshua these instructions? Because He knew that Joshua would have heavy choices to make concerning the people and that those choices would result in tremendous consequences. God was saying that if you are well versed in the law or word of God, then you will make the right choices.

     What does this say to us? God’s instruction to us is the same instruction He gave to Joshua. Every day each of us are required to make difficult choices. Each of those decisions carries with it far-reaching consequences. But if the word of God is in our heart, then that word has the power to help us make the right decisions.

     It is obvious from the news media that God’s word is nowhere to be found. Why is this so? In John Chapter Three, Jesus tells Nicodemus that no one can SEE the Kingdom of God unless he/she is born again. This means that God’s ways make no sense to those who are not saved. This should cause alarm for every Christian. We are being bombarded on every side by information that is originating in the hearts of the unsaved and we are being led to make choices based on this information. Look around, the results are blatant. Things are falling apart all around us because we are continuing to make the WRONG choices. We are living the consequences of those choices.

      I believe that the only hope we have to make quality choices, which are not based people's opinions, lies within our relationship to the Word of God. We must return to the mindset that every choice we make should be based on God’s Word. It is then and only then that we will have good success.

     At Bibles Cover The Earth we believe that this is our only true option. The Word of God is the ultimate key. Making a choice that lines up with the Word of God will lead to success every time. The Word never fails. It never comes back to God void.

     Once you understand the power in our choices you will understand why we are so adamant about the success of Bibles Cover The Earth. No man lives in a vacuum. The choices that each of us make affect all of us that live on this planet. It should be obvious to even those who pay no attention to the world around them that things are getting severe. We shudder in horror when we hear that Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but many now are playing and partying while the lives of others are falling apart. The “fire” of destruction may for now seem far away, but if we fail to make the proper choices now the destruction may soon be at our doorstep. Each of us is either part of the solution or we are part of the problem. If we refuse to make the proper choices someone else will make them for us. Sir Edmund Burke stated that all evil needed to triumph is for good people to do nothing.

     I believe that this country cannot exist without a moral and Christian framework under girding our Republic. Our choices have allowed the present framework to exist. There is so much dishonesty, greed, and selfishness in our society today that no one trusts our elected officials. Who would have ever thought that our representatives would pass bills that they’ve never read? What a stupid choice!

     Nearly every day we receive requests from men in prison who want a Bible. We are proud to emboss a name on a Bible and return it to the inmate because that choice opens the door for great potential. Every Bible creates the opportunity for someone to read and understand God’s Word and begin to make choices in line with that Word. Sounds good, doesn’t it? One of our vision scriptures for Bibles Cover The Earth is found in Isaiah 11:9: For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. For that to happen some serious choices have to be made by you and me.  We can no longer afford to sit on the sidelines and allow someone else to make the proper choices. Come on! Make the choice to become involved again and let’s take this world for the Lord Jesus, one Bible at a time.