‘Then choose for yourselves who you will serve …but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.’
Joshua 24:15
Joshua told the people of Israel that they had two choices. They could choose to worship the gods of the Amorites where they were living or they could choose the true living God. Joshua made it quite clear that his household would be serving the Lord God, Yahweh. Sadly, no doubt some of them did choose the ineffective gods of the Amorites.
We too, have choices to make every day, some decisions will be small as well as the large life-changes ones. Do we pick up the rubbish lying on the ground, even though we didn’t drop it. Do we make a call to give encouragement to a friend in distress, even though we are too busy? When we see a person looking dejected in the street, do we break with British tradition and speak to them or even give them a smile? Can we be bothered to buy a copy of the Big Issue?
The choices we make in the small things will influence the decisions in the larger ones. To pick up rubbish will lead to a better environment and maybe discourage further offences, the friend will be encouraged and the Big Issue seller might be able to afford a small snack.
The world will never know but we will and more importantly, so will God.