Daily Devotion for May 8, 2006

The Chosen have a Choice

 

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served 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."    Joshua 24:15

 

In today’s reading we see the Israelites, God’s chosen people, are yet again losing focus and have forgotten the history of promise and provision from God. Joshua is reminding them of their long history from both sides (times) of the flood. He reminds them of how some have continued to follow the Lord God and how others have chosen to follow other gods. He reminds them of the resulting consequences of both those choices throughout the past and present. He then asks them to think on this and make a choice. They each made a choice and then declared it…to themselves, to each other and then to the Lord.

 

 When Christ died on the cross at Calvary, he came for the Jews (Israelites) and for the Gentiles (all others not of the Jewish nation and faith). He chose to pay the price once for all. But he will never force this gift upon the chosen. We each have to make a choice for ourselves. We have to choose which god we will serve…the living God or other gods and idols that are mere substitutes.

 

 You have a choice to make. Who will you choose today?

 

Prayer
Dear Lord, many have heard your word. Many have heard your passion story of ultimate love and redemption. Some know you as their Savior but haven’t yet surrendered to you as the Lord of their life. May they hear and see and remember your love and faithfulness and make a choice to free their lives for you to lead. Amen.

 

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