As For Me And My House

“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!  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.”

—Joshua 24:14-15 (NKJV)

LORD God Almighty,

In every moment of this day, help me choose to fear only You, LORD, and to serve You in sincerity and in truth—having put no other gods before You.

Every day—and multiple times within each day—I am faced with the same decision that Joshua told the children of Israel they must make.  Because I have free-will, I get to choose, but I still must choose.  Help me to choose well.

Help me to see and remember that I will always worship something or someone—that it is not possible for me not to worship—and that whatever I give my time, talents, and money to, has the potential to be my god.

So help me to reject any false gods that my predecessors may have served—and not serve a false god, simply because that is what I saw others doing when they made gods of success, money, power, or possessions.

Help me also reject the false gods of this present world in which I must dwell—paying close attention not to allow any of the good things of life in this present day, to become gods that I place before You.

Help me to repeatedly make the right choice for me and my house, as to whom we will serve.  Help us always to choose You, LORD.

In every moment of this day, help me choose to fear only You, LORD, and to serve You in sincerity and in truth—having put no other gods before You.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.