The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Joshua 24:15,
"...choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
Possibly one of the most wonderful things about the Lord is the most frightening. As he did with Israel, the Lord gives us the freedom to choose whether we will serve him or not.
It is one of the most wonderful because the freedom to exercise my own choice to follow him provides me the opportunity to express my love and adoration of him. It makes worship possible and provides a truthful and abiding context in which I can experience his love, and he, mine.
On the other hand, it is the most frightening because it allows me to go my own way. What if I were to reject the Lord for my life? Where would that leave me? Revelation 21:8 makes clear: a fiery lake of burning sulfur!
It is the most grave, the most consequential decision any person must make in this life. Joshua's challenge is just as much a wonderful opportunity, as well as threatening potential today as it was in his day. The Lord has given us the freedom to choose!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
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