Decision Time

Read Joshua 24:14-28

With the start of a New Year, at Hope we're starting a new series we're calling - Decision Time. And this series is all about commitment. You know, what kind of commitment are you willing to make in your relationship with God?

Over time we all have numerous decisions we need to make. And each of these decisions reveals something about us, something about our character and something about what we're really committed to. I love Joshua 24:15 where Joshua writes - as for me and my household we will serve the Lord. Think about that verse for a moment. Joshua was saying to Israel it's decision time; so what are you going to do? Are you going to serve God or if that doesn't seem desirable to you choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.

Did you notice their is no middle ground here? Joshua doesn't give them the option to make a half-hearted decision. He lays it on the line and clearly says what are you going to do? Who are you going to serve?

Friends, every day, every moment, every decision and every thought we have is an opportunity to serve God and therefore give Him the glory that's rightly due His name. Or, we can choose something else. But by choosing something else, we're making the choice to not serve God.

Take a few minutes this week and read the passage listed above. And as you're reading, please take a few more minutes to evaluate your decisions. Ask yourself if you're serving God or not; ask yourself if your decisions align with the God of our Fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. May this year be a year where all our decisions are grounded in the word of God and may this year be a year where all our decisions demonstrate our love and worship of God Almighty!