Read Joshua 24:14-16 – Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD." Then the people answered, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
Each of us was born into this world neither choosing to be born, nor choosing our parents. But since the time our brains began to reason in our adolescent years we have had choices to make. You and I can choose our life and its direction. Yes, there are a lot of things that come down our path over which we have no control. But nothing that comes into our lives can shape us if we don’t choose for it to do so. You can choose to allow other people’s rude behavior to either make you bitter or better. You can choose not to take the sexual advances offered to you. You can choose to serve the Lord and leave the world’s buffet table behind.
– David Raley serves as the Field Representative for Light for the Lost.
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