Choose again today
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 24:15
What if the biggest spiritual breakthrough in your life wasn’t found in a dramatic moment, but in a quiet decision you make today? Not someday, not when everything settles down, not when you feel more ready, but right here in the middle of your current reality. Joshua stood before the people and didn’t leave room for hesitation. He brought them face to face with a choice and that same invitation still stands for us today.
We live in a world full of noise, opinions, pressure, and distractions. Every day, something is competing for your attention, your time, and ultimately your devotion. Being a child of God isn’t just about what you believe, it’s about who you choose to follow daily, even when life feels busy, uncertain, or overwhelming.
Below are three ways this passage challenges us to live with intentional faith right where we are.
1. Make your decision personal
Joshua didn’t say, “As for the nation,” he said, “As for me and my household.” There was ownership in his words. Following God is deeply personal. It’s not based on what others are doing, what culture says, or even what feels convenient in the moment.
Start your day by choosing God before anything else tries to claim your attention. For example, before checking your phone or jumping into responsibilities, take a moment to pray and invite God into your day to lead and go with you. That simple act shifts your focus and reminds you who you belong to.
2. Choose consistency over convenience
The people Joshua spoke to had seen God move, yet they still struggled with divided loyalty. It’s easy to serve God when everything is going well, but real faith shows up in consistency.
In your current circumstances, this might look like choosing integrity at work when no one is watching or responding with patience when you feel stretched thin at home. Maybe it’s continuing to trust God financially when things feel tight. Consistency builds strength in your walk with Him, even when it’s not easy.
3. Lead by your example
Joshua didn’t just make a private decision, he made a declaration that would influence those around him. Your life speaks, whether you realize it or not. The way you trust God, the way you respond under pressure and the way you love others all points people somewhere.
Think about the people in your life right now. Your family, your coworkers, your friends. When challenges come, choose to respond in faith instead of fear. For example, when unexpected news hits, instead of reacting with panic, pause and pray. That response may be the very thing that encourages someone else to trust God too.
I have mentioned in several past doese that I lived many years of my life trying to figure things out on my own. I would call out to God when I was in trouble or needed help, but outside of those moments, I kept my relationship with Him tucked quietly in my heart. It wasn’t something that guided my daily life. If someone had looked at my home or my routine, they probably wouldn’t have recognized that God was truly at the center. He wasn’t first place, He was someone I turned to when things felt out of control.
Then there came a moment that shifted everything. I found myself once again searching for answers to some of life’s hardest questions. But this time, something was different. Deep down, I knew I couldn’t keep living the same way, reaching for God only when I needed Him and then going back to doing life on my own. That’s when it became clear. It was time to make a real decision, not just to believe in Him, but to make Him Lord of my entire life and my home.
I discovered that God had a plan, and if I truly wanted to walk in it, I couldn’t hold parts of my life back. I had to surrender everything. The truth is, I still didn’t have all the answers. I had responsibilities pressing in, decisions to make, and more questions than clarity. Part of me wanted to wait until everything made sense before moving forward. But God kept bringing me back to something simple and steady, choose Me today. Not when you understand everything, not when it feels easier but right here and now in this day.
So, I did. I made the choice to trust Him in the middle of the unknown. I chose to put Him first, not just in words, but in the way I lived each day. As I did, step by step, I began to see His faithfulness show up in ways I never would have experienced if I had stayed stuck waiting. That decision didn’t just change a moment, it changed the direction of my life. It turned my faith from something occasional into something intentional, and it made my relationship with God real, active, and central in my everyday life. That’s exactly what Joshua was calling the people to. Not a casual connection with God, but a clear, personal decision to serve Him fully.
Today I want to encourage you to stop waiting for the perfect moment and make the choice to follow God right where you are. You don’t need all the answers to take the next step. You don’t need everything to make sense to say yes to Him. Just like Joshua, you have the opportunity to decide who you will serve, not tomorrow, but today. When you choose Him, again and again, you’ll see your life shaped by His faithfulness in ways that are steady, personal, and real.
Today’s scripture reading: Joshua 24
1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods.
3 Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.
4 To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
5 Also I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to what I did among them. Afterward I brought you out.
6 ‘Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
7 So they cried out to the Lord; and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. Then you dwelt in the wilderness a long time.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you. But I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land, and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
10 But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore, he continued to bless you. So, I delivered you out of his hand.
11 Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.
12 I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow.
13 I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’
14 “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!
15 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.”
16 So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;
17 for the Lord our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed.
18 And the Lord drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We also will serve the Lord, for He is our God.”
19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.”
21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord!”
22 So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord for yourselves, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses!”
23 “Now therefore,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”
24 And the people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and His voice we will obey!”
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
26 Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.”
28 So Joshua let the people depart, each to his own inheritance.
29 Now it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Serah, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.
31 Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had known all the works of the Lord which He had done for Israel.
32 The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.
Journal:
- What areas of my life have I been delaying my decision to fully trust God
- What does choosing God today look like in my current season
- Who is being impacted by the way I live out my faith right now
The Daily Dose 