I was reading some passages from Joshua today as part of a daily reading thing I do through Ginghamsburg Church and this passage from Joshua 23 really hit me right between the eyes: 23:14,15 "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day 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 household, we will serve the LORD." (TNIV)
That's putting the choice right out there on the table isn't it? It immediately reminded me of one of my all time favorite Bob Dylan songs, You Gotta Serve Somebody (click on the Slow Train Coming album cover link to hear the recorded version of the song)
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