"Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
Joshua 24:14-15
I have seen the "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" part of this quoted a lot, and that is definitely an appropriate resolution, but what struck me about this today is that this whole thing is in a group context. The Lord has done miracles in our lives, whether we can see them or not depends on how good our spiritual sight is lately... but the same is true for all of us as peoples and communities, and really as the human race. We're part of each other, and it takes more than an individual stand to bring forth the change in the world that God asks of us. It requires everybody working together and choosing similarly.
So, today, let's for sure determing that we are going to serve the Lord. But let's also let go of any instinct we have to "go it alone" and let the rest of the world go to (literally and figuratively) hell. They need us too. Let's be the light and the example that God asks us to be... let's find a way to spread our good influence so that as many people as possible will have that chance to have God in their lives the way that we can when we are committed to putting him first in our lives.
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