“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,
Show me how to fear You, LORD—in awe and reverence of everything that You are and all that You have done! As I seek to serve You in sincerity and in truth, let me put no other gods before You.
Multiple times within each new day, I am faced with making the same decision that Joshua told the children of Israel they must make. Because I have free-will, I get to choose whom I will serve, but I still must make that choice. Help me to choose only You.
Help me to understand and remember that it is impossible for me not to worship—whether it is some thing or someone—and that whatever I give my time, talents, and money to, has the potential to be my god.
So help me to reject any of the false gods that others, who came before me, may have served—gods of success, money, power, possessions, or even other people.
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 so-called “good things of this life” 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.
Show me how to fear You, LORD—in awe and reverence of everything that You are and all that You have done! As I seek to serve You in sincerity and in truth, let me put no other gods before You.
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
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