Classic Choice

Prayer – Lord, Joshua gave the Israelites a classic and most important choice. Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. That is something that we all have to ask ourselves and others every day. Whom will you serve? 

Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of 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." Joshua 24:14-15 NKJV (Underlined for emphasis.)

 

Meditate. Consider your choice today.

 

Choose today whom you will serve.
Dome of the Rock...or prayer at the Wall.
Jerusalem, Israel

Joshua wisely chose for himself and his family to serve the Lord—as he had already done as he obediently trekked into the Promised Land to spy it out at Moses’ request. Later he served as the leader of the Israelites when they actually crossed the Jordan River. But he didn’t force the people to choose God—he gave them the option. Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. It is a classic example in the Bible. For you…what or who will it be? God Almighty…or some other god…or money, job, sporting events, entertainment celebrities or video games? It is a daily choice. God gives us free will—He lets us choose. There is power in choice.

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24 NKJV

Take control of your life—choose today whom you will serve.

 

Verse of Salvation ~ But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 NKJV

 

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