“We Will Serve The LORD”

Now if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; and the LORD drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God.”

Joshua 24:15-24

Think about how many times in history, someone has said they speak for God. God is with them, so they say, so it makes what they do all right. God is not always with them, and He is not always with us either, especially if we let our pride speak in place of the Spirit. Listen. Pray, and ask for wisdom.

Make sure you know that God is on your side and that you are on His side. And remember, serving God will not always be the easy choice. But it is a choice that brings the kind of consequence we can live with. What you will be tomorrow depends on the choices you make today.

It’s dangerous to mistake

our wishes for God’s will.

Our Daily Bread – August 20, 2008