Psalms 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
The same David who deliberately chose to do what he did with Uriah’s wife, also used that freedom of choice to request a clean heart and the renewal of a right spirit within himself. Nebuchadnezzar chose to defy the God of heaven, by building an image of gold, but he used the same freedom of choice when he acknowledged that God was right, and that his way was perverse.
It was the very same freedom of choice at work in both cases. Saul, before he became preacher and prophet had deliberately chosen to persecute the newly formed Christian churches, but when he was accosted on the road to Damascus, he used the same freedom of choice to utter those memorable words: “Lord what will thou have me to do?”
Therefore, even though the freedom of choice given us by God as a sacred gift, carries with it the risk of potential evil, it could, and is often used to restore our relationship with God and man, and for this one reason, our freedom to choose should be jealously guarded under all circumstances.
Joshua 21:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!