How is it possible for some of
us to fall into the sin of serving other gods? When we begin
to treat wealth, property and other things as more important than God, then we would be falling into the sin of serving other gods. We say we love and serve God, and yet some of us seem to
find it difficult to take time off from our work to come to church on
Sunday; or we seem to spend more
time in pursuing our personal interests, instead of church or charitable
activities to give glory to God. When we have such attitudes or excuses, then are we really loving and serving God, or
have we strayed away from God or even rejected God outright?
In
today's reading, "The people answered Joshua, ‘No; it is the Lord we
wish to serve.’ Then Joshua said to the people, ‘You are witnesses
against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.’ They
answered, ‘We are witnesses.’ ‘Then cast away the alien gods among you
and give your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel!’ The people answered
Joshua, ‘It is the Lord our God we choose to serve; it is his voice
that we will obey.’"
Notice that in the reading, Joshua challenged the
people to "choose today whom you wish to serve." And the people made a
clear and firm choice in choosing to serve God, and not some other foreign god. Are we willing to commit ourselves just like the Israelites did? Or have our hearts become
divided, or even rejected God, in pursuit of other gods such as our
wealth, our property, our fame and popularity, and other things?
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