CHOOSE

“CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE” JOSHUA 24:15

You and I must make a daily choice; whom will you serve? Will you choose to walk in the precepts of God or do you choose to serve the flesh? Do you choose to embrace the laws of God or do you choose to ignore His’ precepts?

I can almost hear the critic saying, but I made my choice long ago, why must I make it again? The short answer is that temptation did not quit on the first day you chose to live for Christ. I am not saying you need to be saved anew each day, Christ has paid the price for the salvation you have received however, I am saying you must make a conscious decision to live that salvation daily. However temptation to sin is but one tributary of a many rivers one must continually, spiritually navigate. Other choices we must make define our lives. Our integrity is known by the depth of our conscious living choices.

Just as a believer should retire each day by asking, “What did I do for God today?” “We should also begin each day by asking, “What will I do for God today?” How can I be a blessing to others today? What good thing will I do to allow the love of God to shine through me?”

As Christians we are to shine forth the glory of God, but far too often the grime of this world hides our lights. We can try to clean the outside of our lives by practicing religion, but religion will not allow others to see God in you. Or we can earnestly seek to love God with all we are and our neighbors as ourselves and those choices will allow the Holy Ghost to cleanse us from the inside out. It will also allow others to see Christ in us.

Some, perhaps you; have recently been going through the motion of going to church, but you aren’t really excited about God right now. For some, it was difficult for you to open this devotion; you just aren’t interested, but it is for you this devotion is given; “CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE” AMEN!

As you read this, Donna Williams is having a triple bypass of her heart performed at Riverside Hospital. Pray for Donna and her husband, Mark. Amen