It’s like that with our choices. Every choice we make creates a ripple effect, not only on our lives, but the lives of others as well (Joshua 24:15; Esther 3-8). The choices we have made throughout life determine who we are and what we are becoming. Choices are also telling because what we really want, love, and think, show up in the choices we make.
It’s no wonder then that Paul urges us to make “excellent” choices — those choices that emanate from a heart fully committed to serving the Lord (cf. Numbers 14:22-24; Numbers 32:11-12). He states that when our love abounds in knowledge and discernment, we are able to understand what is best, so that we may “approve the things that are excellent” (Philippians 1:9-10).
Excellent choices are the proof of a life that is deeply committed to Jesus and His teaching. Incorporating that teaching will cause a ripple effect of filling our lives “with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God” (Philippians 1:11).
Beloved, let us remember that our lives do not consist of the dreams we dream, but by the choices we make. Let us make excellent ones by carrying out the Lord’s will (Matthew 7:21; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16), doing the Lord’s work (1 Corinthians 15:58), and in so doing, influence others for the cause of Christ (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10).
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
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