Friday, November 13 Choose life so that you may live.​—Deut. 30:19.

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Friday, November 13

Choose life so that you may live.—Deut. 30:19.

 

The nation of Israel had prospects for a wonderful future. With Jehovah’s blessing, the Israelites could live for a long time in the land that he had promised them. And what a beautiful, fruitful land it was! Moses described it for them: “Great and fine cities that you did not build, houses full of all sorts of good things that you did not work for, hewn cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant.” (Deut. 6:10, 11) Moses also gave the Israelites a warning. In order to continue living in their bountiful land, they had to obey Jehovah’s commandments. Moses urged them to “choose life” by listening to Jehovah and by “sticking to him.” (Deut. 30:20) However, the Israelites rejected Jehovah. So in time God allowed the Assyrians and later the Babylonians to conquer them and take them into exile.—2 Ki. 17:6-8, 13, 14; 2 Chron. 36:15-17, 20. w24.11 9 ¶5-6

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On the surface it looks like a ‘ no brainier’ . Of course we would choose life over death. However, we are human and as the years grind on it is easy to lose faith. So we must keep up our spiritual defences and keep close to Jehovah. There are so many distractions in this world and our emotions come into it 

So we  have to stay alert and remember scriptures like this.