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 24:15 KJV)
Some situations require an immediate shift in our behaviour or else . . .
This was the case with the children of Israel in the latter part of the book of Joshua. God used Joshua, now an elderly man to remind the Israelites of how much GOOD he had done for them. God delivered them from the Egyptians. He gave them land and food that they didn’t have to work for. He constantly protected them.
Their thanks to God came in an UNGRATEFUL PACKAGE. They neglected him and served other Gods. This made him real angry. Joshua 23:15 says “Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.”
I like many things about God, but there is one thing that stands out very much that I love. That is his heart of grace, mercy, compassion and forgiveness. Notice in the book of Joshua 24:15, God still gives them another chance to TURN. “. . . . choose you this day whom ye will serve;”
They all accepted that they had been ungrateful and in the verses after Joshua 24:15, they happily COVENANT that they will serve the LORD again and so they did.
The children of Israel were faced with a sudden crisis. They would be put to death for rejecting God. They quickly repent of their sins and transgressions and finally TURN. They are allowed to continue living the life of prosperity that God had granted them before.
Many of us have been just like the children of Israel. Ungrateful and Neglecting of Gods's hand upon our lives. This bad spirit has brought us to our crisis.
You may be in the middle of a crisis right now. NOTE - There is HOPE! What ever it is, I really don’t know. God is requiring you to TURN COMPLETELY to him and do things differently. If not, you will surely DIE. (This death may or may not be a physical death, but rather destruction to your dreams and plans for failing to do things differently.)
You may be in the middle of a crisis right now. NOTE - There is HOPE! What ever it is, I really don’t know. God is requiring you to TURN COMPLETELY to him and do things differently. If not, you will surely DIE. (This death may or may not be a physical death, but rather destruction to your dreams and plans for failing to do things differently.)
Fear God – TURN TODAY! Once you do, there is MUCH HOPE AHEAD just like the children of Israel . “. . . . choose you this day whom ye will serve;”
Like Joshua. . . be ready to CATEGORICALLY STATE: “as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
HOPE CAN BE AHEAD FOR YOU IF YOU TURN!
Brother Khrystus V. K. Wallace, President
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