Victor Frankl, a Jewish man who lived in a concentration camp during World War II wrote, "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
When you look at your life, there are a lot of things you can’t control. You can’t control the government. You can’t control the economy. You can’t control the stock market. You can’t control the choices others make. You might have some influence over certain people, but you can never have complete control of them. We try to raise our children to make right decisions, but ultimately, the choice is theirs.
But although there are many things we can’t control, we can control how we respond to the situations and circumstances we face in life. How you respond to anger is a choice. How you respond to doubt is a choice. How you respond to others that tick you off is a choice. You can respond wrongly or rightly – the choice is yours.
The Bible is full of people that faced some of the most difficult situations. Some were stoned to death. Others were decapitated or burned alive. On numerous occasions, Jesus was persecuted. He was mocked, rejected, betrayed and abandoned. In the Old Testament, David found himself in a lot of terrible situations. King Saul hunted him like an animal. Many times he was surrounded by his enemies. Then there were the times he found himself struggling with sin and despair. But each time, David found the strength to choose to react in the right way. He wrote in Psalm 43:5, “Why are you so downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”
None of us can control the things that will happen in our lives today. But we can control the way we react. Choose right now not to let allow anything you face get the best of you. Make the right choice and put your hope in the Lord. Praise Him regardless of what comes your way. He is our Lord, our Savior and our God.
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