LIFE- A TWO EDGED CHOICE

UV 3485/10000 Life – A Two Edged Choice
And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow), but his father called him Benjamin ( son of the right hand).
Genesis 35 v 18

While Rachel saw the new born son as a cause of sorrow and sought to name him so, Jacob, the father called him the son of his right hand. Jesus, the Servant Leader was called as a Man of Sorrow but He became in time the Son at the right hand of the Almighty Father. Everything in scripture and in life is like a double edged sword. We can take the negative side and transform it into something positive, powerful and beautiful. Opposite words like enemies has seven letters even as friends. Negative has eight letters as does positive. Anger has five letters as also its opposite – happy. Cry has three letters as does joy. Hurt and heal, love and hate have four letters.
We need to call the positive into our lives. Our minds and tongues have the power of life and death. We should choose life over death, love over hate, joy over sorrow, helping people over hurting them. The serpent leader induces us to choose the negatives of life while the Servant Leader, Jesus encourages, teaches, demonstrates the need to choose the positive over the negative. The positive side of the sword of the word blesses, heals, edifies, delivers us while the negative side hurts, judges, condemns, punishes.

We should speak life and blessing into the lives of our near and dear as well as into the lives of our enemies, foes, rivals. The edge we choose should be the edge of the knowledge of God, the love of God, the grace of the Servant Leader, Jesus. The edge we should ignore and desist from using is that of bad or unwise choices, of folly and short lived satisfaction. The edge of wisdom, love and grace is the choice which is eternal and durable. It increases our longevity, our productivity, our contribution, our creativity and our legacy. Consistently choosing the better edge of life comes from faith that the Lord is at our right hand to help us, to enable us.