The life of an individual is lent unto him by God. The day it pleases God, He takes it from the bearer. God gave man life with instructions through His word (Bible) on how to use (live) it.
Joshua 1:8 says: "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."
Many people fail to acknowledge this when they go about living the way they wish and never considering how God wants them to live saying: "God will understand".
This might sound controversial, but permit me to tell you that despite God giving us the will to make choices , we don't really have a choice to disobey or refrain from His instructions if we really want to live. We by default, are meant to just obey and obey that we might live and have a good life, even unto eternity.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 says: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
From the above verses, we clearly can see that in spite of the seemed options, it will be unwise to move away from God for "HE IS THY LIFE AND THE LENGTH OF THY DAYS" verse20. Any wise person will see that there is only one choice for him or her, except someone who wants to be destroyed. In all that we do with the life God has given us, we must give account for all we did with it - good or evil. Jesus is Lord!
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