Choose: It is Up to You.

We make choices every day. But religion is something most do not consider a choice. Billions of people in the world simply accept the religion of their parents, just as they take on the language, diet, and customs of their parents. But God requires us to make a choice.  You cannot drift into faith, like a boat without a rudder, floating wherever the current takes you. Christianity requires a choice.

Joshua encouraged the children of Israel: “Be very diligent to love the Lord your God for your own well-being” Joshua 23:11.  How is it for their own well-being? Well, life is better when you love the one true God. Not only in heaven, but on earth.  You will suffer, but you will suffer either way. Suffering with a Savior to lean on is better than suffering alone.

Then Joshua speaks one of the most famous passages in the Bible:

“Fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth…. But if it does not please you to worship Yahweh, CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES 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.

Have you made a choice? Young people often choose to wear different clothes than their parents, to study different subjects, to work in different fields, to live in different cities, to have different hobbies and pastimes. 

But what about FAITH? Have you PERSONALLY made a choice?  Jesus looks at you today and says: “CHOOSE FOR YOURSELF WHOM YOU WILL SERVE.” And while giving your life to Christ is a huge, one-time decision, we must also choose him every day.

What choice will you make today?  Tell Him.

And is your choice a secret or can people who know you see what choice you have made?

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