14 “So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. 15 But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:14-15 New Living Translation (NLT)
Who are you going to serve?
Are you serving your job? Are you serving yourself? Are you serving time and money? Are you serving God?
What god are you serving? Is it the god of this world, or the true and living God the maker of heaven and earth?
It’s easy to put things and others in the position where God should be. He says to put him first in everything and then the rest will be in order. I’m talking to the believers, the “Christian” the ones that are supposed to be Christ-like.
Jesus said to throw all your cares on Him because He cares for you. Are you doing everything you can to stay afloat but find yourself sinking deeper and deeper in an ocean of never ending stress and despair? It’s time then to let…it…go…! Let go of it! You’ve seen you can’t carry it…it’s just too heavy…So let go of it. Whatever, “IT,” is. Make an altar, lay everything you are carrying on that altar and let the Holy Spirit consume it all. Now you have nothing to carry. I know you don’t want to hear this but I’m going to say it anyway.
Go to a quiet place somewhere you won’t be disturbed, get down on your knees, bow your head and pray. Just do it. Ask Jesus to wash you from the inside out. Then thank Him. Then worship him…sing a song of praise…then begin to talk to Jesus from your heart. Tell him all about yourself…your family…your job…your community…your town…your state…your Nation. Tell him your most secret dreams and desires…Of course he already knows but he wants you to tell him. Then be still and listen. He will begin to speak to your heart. It’ll sound like you at first but then you’ll recognize it’s him because he uses His words of life and wisdom. Write it down if you like. I promise you will rise from there different than when you started.
Who are you going to serve? Others are watching even though you think you don’t affect anyone else you do. Serve the Lord, with your whole heart, you won’t be sorry.
Jesus, you see the heart of the one reading this, you know all about them. Lord I ask that you touch them and heal them. Put a deep desire in their heart to seek you and serve you. You have the words of eternal life. In you is hope and peace. Like Joshua let them say, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!” Amen.
By: Marla Shaw O’Neill September 25, 2015©
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