Choices, everywhere you turn, you are called on to make choices. The super market provides you with an abundance of options. Not only are there numerous brands of the same product, but there are various sizes as well. The department store calls on you to make a decision as to what to buy. Will it be the red shirt or the blue one? Do you wish to purchase the brown shoes or black ones? Some choices are based on preference, while others are according to value. Joshua led Israel in battle against the inhabitants of Canaan. Following the defeat of the enemy, he called the people together and said “Choose today who you will serve . . .” He gave them an option, either serve the gods of their enemy or the God who delivered them from Egypt
and gave them victory over the Canaanite people. Today you and I are confronted with those same options…..We can serve the god of power,the god of success, the god of pleasure, the god of self, the god of wealth, or the God of heaven. What choice will you make? Some have chosen one or more of the above, ignoring the God of heaven while others have attempted to make Him a choice along with the others. However, God will not share His glory with others. It is either Him or them. Which will you choose? Take time out this Sunday to worship God in a special way – joining with the rest of the church in celebrating what He means to us.

Norm Russell