F2. The Bridge of IF

In my first “Diamond-Coal Principle” Blog [1. Our Heart of The Diamond-Coal Principle] introduced the ‘Why, What, How, of ‘The Diamond-Coal Principle’, as well as introducing its First Life Bridge: To Guard our Hearts as it is the Heart that is the Wellspring of Life _ “The Heart Bridge”. The important take from coming to any bridge in life, is that we get to choose, if we want to cross the bridge. Crossing the bridge to go to the other side, will lead to further choices in time; choosing not to deal with, cross the bridge, also requires its own choices.

My trailblaze in this blog, is the discovery trail how we, the human race, are the only created beings that have the ability, and an advanced design capacity for our own conscious future outcomes. The plant, and the animal beings do not have unique creative abilities, they cannot choose, plan and determine their futures, as we humans can.

In discovering this unique gift we humans have, has led me to the What, Who, Why, Where, How, Proof, trailblaze of such great endless worth. The more I navigate this, the more in awe I become of how we humans are uniquely designed as GOD’s prized creation. Therefore, this trailblaze we are on here, is from the core biblical foundation, “We are created in GOD’s image”:

GOD is the divine GOD of the Trinity. HE is the tripartite, the triune GOD, the three co-eternal persons, GOD: The FATHER, The SON, The HOLY SPIRIT. Below we see how the Gospel writer, Mathew, tells us this. He later recorded in Mathew 28:19 when JESUS had commissioned and sent His disciples out [Of note: This event from Mathew 28:19 only happened after the resurrection of Jesus]. JESUS commissioning command here, gives the evidence that GOD is The Triune, The Three-in-One GOD. JESUS did not waveringly suggest, but He clearly instructs His disciples to go and baptize the new disciples, in the Name of the FATHER, and the SON and the HOLY SPIRIT. There are no hairs to split here. GOD is Tripartite, Three-in-One. And because we are created in GOD’s image, we to then, are Three-in-One beings: we are spirit, and soul and body. As the Living Word unwaveringly declares below in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (verse no.2 below). Hebrews 4:12 (verse no.3 below) also confirms this, when explaining how the sharpened Word of GOD, divides our soul and spirit, and our joints and marrow [our body]. We are spirit, soul, and body.

1. Mathew 28:19 (esv)

¹⁸ And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^[into] the Name of the FATHER and of the SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

2. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (esv) 

²³ Now may the GOD of Peace Himself sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ.

3. Hebrew 4:12 (esv) 

¹² For the Word of GOD is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the Heart.

Therefore, from the above verses so far, we can deduce that because we, the human race are spirit, soul and body; our Creator has strategically and purposely created us. He has created us with intellect and reasonings, with emotions and imaginations, with feelings and faults, with various communications; verbal [spoken and written] and non-verbal [expressive gestures, visions and multitudes of pictorial-visuals], with intuition [6^thsense = insight, discernment], and volition [volition = the mental and physical faculty or power to use one’s own will]. From this basic foundation, let’s trailblaze further with more eye-opening verses:

4. Deuteronomy 30:19-20a (esv)

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you LIfe and death, Blessing and curse. Therefore, “CHOOSE LIFE”, that you and your offspring may live, ²⁰ loving the Lord your God, obeying HIS voice and holding fast to HIM, for HE Is your Life and length of days,

5. Ezekial 18:32 (esv)

³² For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the LORD GOD; “SO” Turn, and Live.”

6. Joshua 24:15 (esv)

¹⁵ And IF it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, CHOOSE this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we Will Serve The LORD.”

7. Jeremiah 29:11-13 (esv)

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. ¹² In those days when you pray, I will listen. ¹³ “IF” you look for ME wholeheartedly, you will find ME.

Because LORD GOD has uniquely, purposely, created us in His image, to be as Him: a tripartite, three-in-one being, for our victorious outcome’s of life. GOD in turn, has therefore given us the ability of “CHOICE”. We human beings can “CHOOSE”. This is what truly sets us apart to all of His creation. Choice, after Life, is the most powerful gift GOD has given to us.

With this gift of Choice, comes consequences. The Living Word gives us the most important foundational Choice we have to make; with every single issue, circumstance, situation that we face throughout the day. The first verse above from Deuteronomy is very clear about this.

As we continue to meditate on GOD’s Word in these verses above, it is clear to see that:

💎 According to Deuteronomy 30:19 (no.4 above) GOD has set before all of us, two choices that will always exist; every day, wherever we go, with whatever we are doing. These two Choices are:

• LIFE or Death, further explained as
• BLESSING or Curse

This is it. In Life, these are the only two paths, throughout the whole Earth, which we have to Choose from. Everything else on Earth falls under these two Life Principles. It is either:

• LIFE or BLESSING or
• Death or Curse

💎            GOD ALMIGHTY clearly commands us to CHOOSE LIFE.

💎 He follows with the consequence of why “CHOOSING LIFE” should become the wise Choice for each and every one of us to take. It is so that we and our children, may Live.

💎 As our mighty Creator, GOD wants us to live. Ezekial 18:32 (verse no.5 above) above fully declares that He has no pleasure in the death of anyone. GOD has no pleasure in death, that is why HE wants us to Choose Life.

💎 This immediately begs the question: Why does GOD allow death then? This is explained in the two verses no.6 and no.7 which follow Ezekial’s verse no.5:

• It is because He has created humanity, us men and woman, with this gift, of Choice.
• That is why He has intricately created us with a spirt, soul and body.
• Our choices lead to consequences, some call ‘cause-and-effect’. ‘This is such an important topic, which will be discussed in the future at some point in time.

💎 Our tripartite GOD the FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT Loves us way too much, to just leave us stranded alone to make the Life decisions that face us daily. His Living Word is permanently with us, from Genesis to Revelation, from beginning to end. Our Loving GOD never stops embracing, encouraging and leading us to operate successfully in HIS divine gift to us: Choice. GOD never controls us.

• We, the human race, men and women, get to Choose, every hour, literally every minute. Whether it is in thought, feeling, decision, or action.

💎 With this gift of Freewill, Choice, GOD also gives us His Rule of Consequences to our Choices, throughout His Living Word. Hence, we are almost able to determine the long-term outcome of the choices we make.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (no.4 above) we can clearly see this:

• First GOD our Creator declares His Love for us by telling us He Knows The Plans He Has For Us, plans for our Good, giving us a Hope and a Future. This is GOD’s clear will for us.
• Hope and a Future is our hearts and minds eternal gift that drives men and women, throughout the world, in every nation, within every culture.
• For us to live in and with Hope for today, tomorrow and a Future, GOD shows us that our choices will either lead us to Life, Blessing, Hope, or to death, curse, hopelessness.

💎 Lastly, GOD’s Love for us given in Deuteronomy (verse of no.4) emphasizes this Divine Life-changing, most powerful, consequential two letter conjunction word: “IF”

• GOD uses “IF” over 1500-times in HIS Living Word, in all its forms, in The Old and New Testament. This shows HIS Fatherly Love, to ensure we don’t miss HIS intent here.
• We are to wisely use “IF” with every issue, situation, circumstance we come to, because “IF” automatically leads us to the trail we take, from the choices we make. Therefore we are to wisely weigh and then use our divine gift to CHOOSE the Life-choice trail we are going to take.
• Deuteronomy 30:19 (verse4.) tells us that “IF” we Choose the trail that leads to LIFE, we and our children will Live. As well as Jeremiah 29:13 (verse7.) declares that “IF” we seek GOD wholeheartedly, we will find HIM. And finding GOD in the given issue, situation or circumstance we are in, HE will always lead us to Life, because HE has no pleasure of death.

May the trailblaze we are on here, strengthen you in GOD’s Love, as it takes you to the Bridge of our source called “IF”. We all, at some point, must cross this Bridge called “IF”, whether we want to or not. When crossing “IF”, we will have to Choose which trail we are going to step on to, and live from, for the future of our life’s journey. Is it going to be:

• The trail where we choose Life and Blessing to be our Source, our Strength and Guide and Peace, or
• The trail where our unwise [foolish] choices lead to stress, curses, and death, in all its variants.

As we place “IF” in my “Diamond-Coal Life Principle,” this trailblaze leads us to the Bridge called “IF”.

A bridge we all must cross, whether we want to or not. When crossing “IF”, we will have to immediately Choose which trailblaze we are going to take as we step off this “IF Bridge”.

From above verses, as we cross over The “IF Bridge” we have to again make a decision: Do I want this to be a Diamond choice, or a Coal choice? Another way to help us decide is to ask: What outcome am I trusting for?

The Diamond_Life-Blessings Trailblaze of “IF”:

• The thriving Diamond Trail of GOD-given, GOD-centered, of great value and worth and perspective. This in turn, will guide and empower us to choose to make Life and Blessing choices, giving us Living Hope and a Future for the now, as well as for Eternity.

Or The Coal_Death-Curse Trailblaze of “IF”:

• The striving Coal Trail is when our impulsive, or short-sighted, or self-orientated choices, for the now. Leads to not having a long lasting pleasant outcome, whereby future wellbeing of Life deems to have no lasting value and worth. Instead, like coal, once burnt, it will eventually lead to a hopelessness, bringing in a death to the cause, and curse, to our lives, and our future.

🙏  Will you allow me to pray:

💎  We Praise YOU, LORD our GOD of Hope. GOD of the Future. GOD of Destiny, Calling and Purpose. GOD of the  Abundant Life, GOD Eternal.

💎  We Thank YOU for creating us, men and women alike, with the gift of CHOICE, the gift of FREEWILL.

💎 May YOU lead, strengthen, empower and help me…………………………………………., that I always CHOOSE the Diamond Trail of Life and Blessing, of Hope and a Future.

💎  May YOU give me YOUR sound judgement, and accurate discernment I need, to trailblaze on the Diamond Trails which life takes me to. As they always lead to Life and Blessings, a sure Hope and Future.

💎  May YOU give me YOUR sound judgement, and accurate discernment to see the Coal Trail for what it is. That these trails, no matter how good they sound, or appealing they look, are like coal. They will eventually lead me, to a hopelessness and no future, this is a death and curse on life itself.

💎  May YOU give me the wisdom and strength to stay away from all Coal Trails beckoning me to come.

YOU alone are my Hope, my Strength, my Victory LORD our GOD

In JESUS Name I pray.

Amen