We've looked at ways to maintain the right and proper attitude in our lives, and now I want us to look at how our attitude influences our decisions. You make many decisions every day--choosing one thing to do or not to do all day long. But when you first wake up every morning, do you ask yourself this question: What shall I do for the Lord today?
As you're busily engaged in daily activities and making decisions which affect your life on earth, you may tend to ignore God's will for you. You may forget that today is the only day that you can serve the Lord!
When Joshua was talking to the people at Shechem, he recounted their history and what God had done for them. He tells them to put away the gods of their fathers because the one true God brought them out of Egypt and out of slavery, doing great signs along the way, and preserving them from the people whose land they had passed through. They had been given a land for which they didn't labor, cities to dwell in which they didn't build, and vineyards and olive groves to eat which they didn't plant. Asking the people to serve God in sincerity and truth, putting away the gods from Egypt, Joshua said:
"Serve the Lord! And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua knew what his attitude toward God would be, but he wasn't sure about the attitude of the people.
Joshua talked to the people to help them understand the commitment they would be making--that it would be better not to say they would serve the Lord, if they weren't going to. But then the people showed an attitude of gratefulness for all that God had done for them, and said: "We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God." And Joshua made a statute and an ordinance in Shechem that the people would serve the Lord. And he set up a large stone by the sanctuary of the Lord as a witness to the people.
What has God done for you? What is your attitude toward serving God? Is your decision to serve God or are you choosing other gods to worship...maybe money, fun, or work? Like Joshua and the children of Israel, you can choose to serve the Lord daily too! Think about what it means to your family--your parents, your children, your church family, and to the world at large. As Christians, we must stand against all the things in the world that drain away our energy for the service and worship of God.
I hope your week is going along very well.
Blessings...Mimi
When Joshua was talking to the people at Shechem, he recounted their history and what God had done for them. He tells them to put away the gods of their fathers because the one true God brought them out of Egypt and out of slavery, doing great signs along the way, and preserving them from the people whose land they had passed through. They had been given a land for which they didn't labor, cities to dwell in which they didn't build, and vineyards and olive groves to eat which they didn't plant. Asking the people to serve God in sincerity and truth, putting away the gods from Egypt, Joshua said:
Joshua talked to the people to help them understand the commitment they would be making--that it would be better not to say they would serve the Lord, if they weren't going to. But then the people showed an attitude of gratefulness for all that God had done for them, and said: "We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God." And Joshua made a statute and an ordinance in Shechem that the people would serve the Lord. And he set up a large stone by the sanctuary of the Lord as a witness to the people.
What has God done for you? What is your attitude toward serving God? Is your decision to serve God or are you choosing other gods to worship...maybe money, fun, or work? Like Joshua and the children of Israel, you can choose to serve the Lord daily too! Think about what it means to your family--your parents, your children, your church family, and to the world at large. As Christians, we must stand against all the things in the world that drain away our energy for the service and worship of God.
I hope your week is going along very well.
Blessings...Mimi
Thanks for saying so! Yes, my week is going very well!
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