Not tomorrow, next week, or next month. Not even an hour, minute, or second from now. Right now. Today. It's life's most important decision, and it must be made this very moment.
"choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond 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 24:15)
An elderly man, reflecting back on a long journey, issued the call. He recounted how the journey of faith began with Abraham, and had now culminated with his descendants entering the promised land; future home of the coming kingdom inheritance. Prominent in the journey was the legendary act of God in parting the Red Sea, and providing miraculous deliverance and provision along the way.
But, as they stood on the soil of the promised land - enjoying victory over their enemies, and the bounty of the land - the time for decision had come. Before them was the land of a people who had served false gods, and the temptation to serve them was very real. Remembering the journey of faith was prelude to decisiveness in the moment.
The parallels are obvious. Every child of God has taken a journey of faith. Yahweh God has been in the details - providing deliverance, preventing tragedy, and supplying needs. But the past is prelude to the decision to be made today, right now. Choose THIS day. Not tomorrow; not next week. This is the moment of choice.
Perhaps your confidence is in a past decision. Maybe it was made at age seventeen, like me, or twenty-seven, or even eighty-seven. But, yesterday's choice is not necessarily today's choice. False gods beckon, and sometimes we listen - and obey. Yesterday's choice, then, is no guarantee of today's choice.
"As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." It's a personal choice as well as a family choice. We have discussed it with spouse, children, parents. Together, we've agreed to sign on the line; to stand up and be counted. It's me as well as we.
I've always made it a point to sleep on important decisions. I've never bought a car or house without a night of rest between the decision and the commitment. And this one is no different. It's a choice to consider before closing your eyes in sleep at night. It's a firm decision to be made in the waking morning hour.
This day I choose Yahweh and His Son, Jesus. That's my intention for tomorrow as well, but this moment is as far as my decision can be made.
The moment is now, and the choice is yours. Choose deliberately, and wisely. But choose. Your Father awaits your answer.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
"choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond 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 24:15)
An elderly man, reflecting back on a long journey, issued the call. He recounted how the journey of faith began with Abraham, and had now culminated with his descendants entering the promised land; future home of the coming kingdom inheritance. Prominent in the journey was the legendary act of God in parting the Red Sea, and providing miraculous deliverance and provision along the way.
But, as they stood on the soil of the promised land - enjoying victory over their enemies, and the bounty of the land - the time for decision had come. Before them was the land of a people who had served false gods, and the temptation to serve them was very real. Remembering the journey of faith was prelude to decisiveness in the moment.
The parallels are obvious. Every child of God has taken a journey of faith. Yahweh God has been in the details - providing deliverance, preventing tragedy, and supplying needs. But the past is prelude to the decision to be made today, right now. Choose THIS day. Not tomorrow; not next week. This is the moment of choice.
Perhaps your confidence is in a past decision. Maybe it was made at age seventeen, like me, or twenty-seven, or even eighty-seven. But, yesterday's choice is not necessarily today's choice. False gods beckon, and sometimes we listen - and obey. Yesterday's choice, then, is no guarantee of today's choice.
"As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." It's a personal choice as well as a family choice. We have discussed it with spouse, children, parents. Together, we've agreed to sign on the line; to stand up and be counted. It's me as well as we.
I've always made it a point to sleep on important decisions. I've never bought a car or house without a night of rest between the decision and the commitment. And this one is no different. It's a choice to consider before closing your eyes in sleep at night. It's a firm decision to be made in the waking morning hour.
This day I choose Yahweh and His Son, Jesus. That's my intention for tomorrow as well, but this moment is as far as my decision can be made.
The moment is now, and the choice is yours. Choose deliberately, and wisely. But choose. Your Father awaits your answer.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
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