.....choose

Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

I recently saw a commercial for an online game based on Greek mythology. It spoke about armies, mythological gods, heroes, and quests. What got my attention was the description of how to get the game started. You go online to register, "choose your god", then build your empire.

Wow! "Choose your god." Those words, though presented casually in the ad, struck me as being characteristic of one of the most dangerous things about our world today. In a game, it may be insignificant what "god" you choose; but in the real world, that choice has eternal consequences.

To a generation of Israelites surrounded by the gods of their day, Joshua declared that they must choose their god - but it must not be done in a cavalier way. He set the example as he said, "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" Joshua 24:15.

Today, as in the days of Joshua, there are many options. But there is only one wise choice - the one true God. Joshua made the right choice.  "We will serve the Lord." 

- bill crowder