Choose This Day: Serve the Lord Always

Joshua is reminding the nation whether you like it or not, you will serve someone. There will be something my dad used to say. Somebody's always your boss. There's always somebody higher. There's always somebody over you. There's always somebody that you answer to but Joshua says, you have a choice. You can serve god or you can serve your sin. You can live a life that is fully dedicated and faithfully submitted to the lord who is protected and provided and delivered and done all of these things, poured out his love on you or if you really think it's better, if it's evil in your eyes to serve the lord, then you can choose to serve these other false idols that will never fulfill. The end of that verse, Joshua says, but as for me and my house, we will serve the lord. [00:41:35] (53 seconds)

Verse 14 begins with it therefore, because of all these things, because of who god is, because of what god has done, fear the lord and serve him in sincerity. This is this is with your whole heart, with everything that you are to serve god, to fear god, and in faithfulness, put away the gods that your father served beyond the river and serve the lord. He is he is calling them out. He is throwing down the gauntlet. He is saying to the nation, hey, you've seen god do incredible things. You've seen him protect and provide. You've seen him deliver in supernatural ways that can only be attributed to him and now you have to make a choice. Now, you've seen god do all these things, you must decide. [00:39:49] (47 seconds)

is this is important. This is essential for us to remember. Joshua starts all the way back with Abraham. Actually, with Abraham's father And he says, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor, they served other gods. But then I, this is Joshua speaking for god, god took Abraham from beyond the river and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offs pring many. He's recounting to them. Do you know where all this started? When you look around nation of Israel and you see where you are today, do you know how all of this began? It began with Abraham. [00:36:09] (37 seconds)

I'm saying you take the decisions that you've made and every single day, god, this is where you want me, if this is what you want me to do, I'm all in. And if you change your mind, please change mine. Make it obvious. I've shared with the teenagers before one of my favorite prayers is, father, I am so foolish. I'm wrestling with this decision. I think you want me to head this direction. If that is what you want me to do, please make it so obvious that not even I could miss it. Please make it so obvious that I can't do anything else except that one thing. Graduates, do you know who God is? Do you know what he's done? And will you serve him today? And will you serve him for the rest of the todays that he gives you? Will you be fully committed and sold out to god? [00:57:03] (52 seconds)