23/07/2026
*The Dew Daily Devotional*
By Rev J A Aina
CHOICE MAKING
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Scriptural reference: Luke 18:1-8
The believer is constantly faced with choice making. There is hardly any matter in this life and in our day to day living that does not require making a choice. That a matter is simple and easy does not mean it is a good choice. It could be a come-easy go-easy case.
What distinguishes man from other earthly creations of God is the power of choice. God made man a free moral agent, choosing to do according to his choice. The believer must constantly thank God that He did not make him a zombie.
God will never force man to choose Him. The power of choice will never be taken away from man on this earth whether you are born again or not. Whatever choice one makes will be respected after death, it will be judgement that is based on your choice on earth. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19).
Nothing brings out your power of choice like prayers, communicating with God. I always say that if it is worth talking about to anyone at all, including to self, then, it is worth praying to God about. You can either choose to use other methods, (grumbling, fighting, murmuring, quarelling etc), or settle the matter on your knees in prayer to God. The choice is, again, yours.
How much value are you placing on prayers? No one wants to lose, everyone wants victory. It depends on how you choose to get the victory. My own choice is prayers; yes, on my knees. “In return for my love they are my accusers, But I give myself to prayer” (Psalm 109:4). Prayer is a choice; prayerless-ness is also a choice. Jesus says, “one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation”. (Matthew 26:41).
MEMORY VERSE: Luke 18:1, “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint”.