GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY

Joshua 24: 14 – 25
Today is the day we choose the political leaders for our local communities and our nation. We have been blessed by God to have a choice in choosing our leadership, in other words, we are going to choose who we are going to follow.
Not everyones favorite is going to win but every voter has a choice.

14 "Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD!
15 "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."

Unlike a political election in which the majority rules, each of us is given the opportunity to select our personal leader each day. In the spiritual election deep within our hearts, our choice will stand no matter what others may decide.
Something inside me really wants to go into this conservative Christian rant about our choices for president today, but I will refrain. We must all search our hearts and make a choice for president that most fits our own spiritual and moral beliefs.
We are at a cross roads as to the direction that our country is about to take so I pray that we will all choose wisely.

You may be a construction worker working on a home,You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome,You might own guns and you might even own tanks,You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeedYou're gonna have to serve somebody,Well, it may be the devil or it may be the LordBut you're gonna have to serve somebody. (Bob Dylan)

I love the words of Joshua when he declared that he and his family would serve the Lord. If you look around my house you can see that verse displayed in many places because it is such a powerful statement of faith. I pray that you will make that same choice.