Daily Devotions

Josh 24:15-19 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.
19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
KJV
Joshua called for the people to choose “This day” whom they would serve. (Verse 24) Not choose for the next week, month, year or 40 years, but to choose for that day. When an individual is born again, when they get saved, truly saved, that decision has been made for eternity, salvation is eternal. One may not think about it that way when they do get saved, but that is an eternal decision and the born again believer never needs make that decision again. I was saved 48 years ago and I have been saved from that very moment I repented of sin and turned in faith to Jesus Christ, it was an eternal decision. But I do have a decision to make this morning, a decision for this very day, I have a choice to make, will I serve the Lord today or will I serve my flesh? Will I serve the God who saved me or the gods of this world? I need to choose this very day, as I did yesterday, as I will tomorrow, I have a choice to make today. What will I allow to come out of my mouth today, what will I listen to today, what will I look upon today, what will be the desire of my heart today? I can go on and on, but be sure I have decisions to make today. Salvation is an eternal matter, but Godly living is daily and the latter is much harder than the former. As I look back on my life I recall how Satan worked to keep me from accepting Jesus Christ as my savior, but I also see how hard Satan works to keep me from living for Him, from pleasing Him in all that I do. Your walk with God demands a daily decision, is it one you arte willing to make today?

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