Everyday You Choose

It isn't a matter of being asked to choose who you serve. That reality is plain to see in every choice, every priority, and everytime you give your time or your treasure. Who you worship is obvious.

It was a defining moment in the Old Testament when, at the end of Joshua’s life, he apportioned the land of Israel among the 12 tribes. Joshua was Moses’ successor and had led the tribes of Israel since entering the Promised Land. He and his people had driven out the pagan inhabitants of the land and began to create a great nation that was committed to following the Torah and being faithful to God.

Joshua had lived a full and rewarding life, and now he was facing his death; his words to the people of God still ring true today: “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)