Choose

Joshua 24 asked the people of Israel to choose who or what they were going to serve in their lives. He gave two choices, either the God of Israel or the false gods (or alternatives to the real God). You and I make the same choice a dozen or more times everyday. We choose to trust God when we don't see His plan or we choose to shrink in fear. We choose to forgive and be free to go forward or we choose to not forgive and stay tied to the past. We choose to use our gifts and talents knowing we will make mistakes or hide them afraid of the trouble we might cause. We choose to speak the truth in love or stay quiet when we see injustice occur. We choose to believe the promises of God which are all yes and Amen in Christ (II Corinthians 1:20) or we choose to believe the doubts that are contrary to these promises. I could give more examples but you get the idea. Just because we decided yesterday to trust God does not mean that we don't have to make that decision again (and again). Life is filled with choices, thousands of choices, minute to minute, day to day, month to month, year to year choices. Seek God's wisdom before you make your decisions. If God gives you direction, don't ask Him again tomorrow if He changed His mind about what He told you yesterday. Stick with what He has told you until you are confident you have fulfilled your part of the decision and only then can you even think about asking for more information that He has already given you.