The Choice Is Yours
Scripture Reading: Joshua 24:14-28
Focus Verse: Joshua 24:15 " But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”
In
America this week we will vote to elect a new President. The two
candidates and their values are very different and for me the choice is clear who I will
vote for. What if I went to vote and I decided I wanted to vote for
both candidates? My vote would be disqualified, and my vote would not
count.
There
are people today that live their lives as if they vote for God and the
world. And this does not work. You must choose. You can’t sit on the
fence trying to live for both. Deuteronomy 30:19-20 says, “Today
I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings
and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you
make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants
might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Every
person makes a choice. You will either make a choice for the gods of
this world and what the world has to offer, or you will choose to
serve God Almighty the one true God in heaven. The choice cannot be
more clear. And you must choose. Maybe you're saying you won’t make a
decision, you’re not going to choose. That in itself is a decision to
choose the world. And that decision will leave you separated from God
for all eternity. Don’t make that decision. The choice is yours,
choose The One True God and serve Him.
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
