CHOOSE LIFE! What Do I Do Now?

BLOG POST — EPISODE SIX The Finale'!

Choose Life

There comes a moment in every real journey of faith when teaching gives way to choosing.

Not choosing between ideas.

Not choosing between opinions.

But choosing between paths.

It’s the moment when delay becomes disobedience.

When standing still is no longer neutral.

When you realize that knowing the truth without responding to it is no longer an option.

That’s the moment this series has been moving toward!

When the Question Changes

For many people, faith starts with questions like:

What do I believe?

Is this true?

Does God exist?

But eventually, those questions give way to a different one:

What am I going to do now?

Not someday.

Not when things settle down.

Not after one more confirmation.

Now.

You’ve Already Been Here Before

This series didn’t begin with pressure.

It began with honesty.

We acknowledged the quiet moment after the noise fades, when life returns and faith feels unsettled.

We confronted the idea that clarity comes before obedience and discovered it doesn’t.

We learned that motivation follows movement, not the other way around.

We stayed with obedience when it felt slow and unrewarded.

We faced the cost of movement and realized that staying still costs more.

And now, the road splits.

The Bible Is Unapologetically Clear

Scripture doesn’t treat moments like this lightly.

“I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life.”

Those words were not poetic.

They were covenantal.

In the biblical world, choosing life meant aligning your entire existence with God’s authority and direction.

And here’s the part we often overlook.

Not choosing is still choosing.

Neutrality is an illusion.

Faith Cannot Live in Limbo

Joshua said it plainly:

“Choose this day whom you will serve.”

Not after another sign.

Not after another season.

This day.

Jesus intensified it even further.

“Follow Me.”

Follow implies movement.

Movement implies leaving.

Leaving implies cost.

Faith that never rearranges life eventually loses its pulse.

This Is Where Faith Becomes Real

Modern Christianity has trained people to believe without rearranging.

But biblical faith was never only believed.

It was lived.

James says faith without works is dead.

Not weak.

Not immature.

Dead.

Because faith that never moves eventually hardens into fear dressed up as wisdom.

God did not save you to park you.

He saved you to move you.

The Choice in Front of You

So let’s be clear and kind at the same time.

You don’t need another verse.

You don’t need another episode.

You don’t need another confirmation.

You already know the step.

The conversation.

The surrender.

The boundary.

The obedience.

The release.

The beginning.

For some, the choice is about the next step.

For others, it’s about giving your whole life to God for the first time.

You don’t add Jesus to your life.

You give Him your life.

This Is the Invitation

Choose life.

Not abstractly.

Not emotionally.

Practically.

Choose the path that leads toward obedience, even when it costs.

Because the other path may feel safer, but it leads nowhere.

Don’t Miss This Moment

This series ends here, but your journey doesn’t.

The truth has been spoken.

The options are clear.

The crossroads are real.

Life and death stand before you.

Now choose life.

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If this series walked with you through a season of hesitation, share this post with someone standing at their own crossroads. Sometimes the most loving thing we can do is help someone choose movement over delay.

This has been the series: What Do I Do Now?

A journey from awareness to obedience. From hesitation to life.

Shalom b’Shem Yeshua

© 2025 Dr. Shawn M. Greener

True Word, Faith for LIFE!

STUDY GUIDE

What Do I Do Now?

Episode Six: Choose Life

Series: What Do I Do Now?

Instructor: Dr. Shawn M. Greener, MTh., D.I.S., DPTh.

Identity: Follower of the Way

Brand: True Word, Faith for LIFE!

Website: www.TrueWordFaithforLife.com

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SERIES CONTEXT AND PURPOSE

This episode serves as the covenantal conclusion to the series What Do I Do Now? Each prior episode dismantled a different form of spiritual paralysis:

•Episode One confronted drift after conviction.

•Episode Two exposed the lie that clarity precedes obedience.

•Episode Three corrected the myth that motivation comes before action.

•Episode Four revealed the danger of slow obedience and quiet quitting.

•Episode Five pressed the cost and necessity of movement.

Episode Six brings the listener to a decisive moment. Teaching gives way to choosing. Explanation gives way to allegiance. Faith must now be embodied or it will calcify.

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SUMMARY

Episode Six confronts the biblical truth that neutrality is not an option in covenant relationship with God. Scripture consistently presents faith as a lived choice, not a passive preference. This study explores the biblical command to choose life, tracing it from Torah through the Prophets and into the words of Yeshua Himself.

The episode reveals that delay is itself a decision, and refusal to choose obedience is a choice for stagnation and eventual spiritual death. God places life and death before His people and demands a response.

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PRIMARY BIBLICAL TEXT 

Deuteronomy 30:19

Lexham English Bible (LEB)

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, so that you may live, you and your offspring.

NASB 2020

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.

Complete Jewish Study Bible (CJSB)

I call on heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have presented you with life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, so that you will live, you and your descendants.

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NARRATIVE AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Moses speaks these words at the end of his life. Israel stands on the edge of the Promised Land. The covenant has been explained. The Law has been given. The blessings and curses have been laid out clearly.

This is not emotional preaching. This is legal covenant language. In the Ancient Near Eastern world, heaven and earth are called as witnesses in treaty ceremonies. Moses is declaring that Israel cannot later claim ignorance.

The choice is explicit. Life is offered. Death is warned against. Indecision is not provided as a category.

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KEY HEBREW TERMS

Chayim (khah-YEEM)

Life. Not mere existence, but life in covenant alignment with God.

Bachar (bah-KHAHR)

To choose decisively. To select with intention and consequence.

Berakhah (beh-rah-KHAH)

Blessing. Life ordered under God’s authority.

Qelalah (keh-lah-LAH)

Curse. Life disordered by rejection of covenant loyalty.

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SECONDARY PRIMARY TEXT (SIDE BY SIDE)

Joshua 24:15

Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Choose today whom you will serve.

NASB 2020

Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve.

Complete Jewish Study Bible (CJSB)

Choose today whom you will serve.

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CONTEXTUAL INSIGHT

Joshua speaks to a settled people who are tempted to compromise. His call is urgent and personal. Faith cannot be inherited. Covenant loyalty must be chosen by each generation.

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TERTIARY PRIMARY TEXT 

Luke 9:23

Lexham English Bible (LEB)

If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

NASB 2020

If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Complete Jewish Study Bible (CJSB)

If anyone wants to come after me, let him say no to himself, take up his execution stake daily, and keep following me.

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THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Yeshua intensifies covenant demands. He does not invite admiration. He demands allegiance. Following Him involves daily decisions that lead away from self-rule and toward obedience, often at great cost.

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CORE THEOLOGICAL TRUTHS

1.  Not choosing is still choosing

Covenant neutrality does not exist.

2.  Faith requires allegiance, not agreement

Belief without obedience is lifeless.

3.  Delay hardens the heart

Repeated hesitation trains resistance.

4.  Life is found through surrender

Loss precedes life in the Kingdom of God.

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PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Covenant Decision Exercise

Answer these questions honestly:

•Where have I delayed obedience despite knowing God’s will?

•What fear is keeping me from choosing life fully?

•What must end for obedience to begin?

•What step of surrender am I avoiding?

Write down one concrete decision you will act on within forty eight hours.

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1.  Why does modern Christianity resist decisive language?

2.  How does covenant thinking challenge cultural Christianity?

3.  What does choosing life look like in daily practice?

4.  Where has indecision already produced spiritual decay?

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PERSONAL REFLECTION

What have you been circling that God has already settled?

What would choosing life cost you today?

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FINAL EXHORTATION

The truth has been spoken.

The choice has been set.

Life and death stand before you.

Choose life.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

The Holy Bible, Lexham English Bible. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

The Holy Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020. La Habra, CA: Lockman Foundation.

The Holy Bible, Complete Jewish Study Bible. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers.

Heiser, Michael S. The Unseen Realm. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

Moen, Skip. Covenant and Choice. Seattle, WA: Ancient Hebrew Press.

Shalom b’Shem Yeshua

© 2025 Dr. Shawn M. Greener. All Rights Reserved.

True Word, Faith for LIFE!