Isn't this a choice we are forced to make everyday? When the world around us presses us for our allegiance who do we choose? Do we choose the temporal pleasures and gain this world affords, or do we choose the invincible, the immeasurable, the eternal?
Joshua was faced with a life-altering mind-numbing choice. But to him the choice was simple. He saw what the world had to offer through the Egyptian experience. He knew what it was like to know when he was getting a meal, and when the workday was over (but the reality of being a slave never changed). Suddenly a man named Moses carrying a word from his God to set His people free rocked his world (a life of freedom away from repressed slavery). Instantly, things that were once certain and predictable changed into the uncertain, and unpredictable. Like never before he was forced to live a life of faith following a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
He would see in his journey terrific triumphs that defied logic or reason, and lots of disappointment centered on a lack of faith. When his time came to lead he saw two choices, serving God or living a life of bondage and slavery to the world. For him the choice was oh so simple, yet extremely difficult in application because it stretched him more than anything in his life. We all know what choice he made and as a result he saw the land flowing with milk and honey.
I see little difference between what Joshua faced thousands of years ago and what we face today. We are required to walk by faith and not by sight, believing in the eternal which isn't seen rather than the temporal which is seen. We are faced with the choice to choose the Lord or the world. I know which one I'm choosing, I pray you do as well.
No comments:
Post a Comment