Everyone Must Choose a Side

Will you stand with Good or Evil?

Now is not the time to be wishy-washy.

The stakes are too high to be indecisive.

The world doesn’t need any more people to stick their heads in the sand or sit on the fence not wanting to offend anyone.

You must choose a side: God or Satan.

“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other.”
Luke 16:13a (NASB 1995)

Joshua gave a speech to the Israelites and described their two options of serving the one true God or the other gods their fathers had served.

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:14-15 (NASB 1995)

I wish I could have heard the conviction and strength in his voice when he said, “but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

All of us must make the same choice Joshua asked them to make.

Currently, Biblical views are challenged at every turn. What the Bible says is right and good, the world says is wrong and evil.

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil…” Isaiah 5:20a

That day, Joshua implored them to choose. He wanted them to serve God with sincerity and truth.

Friends, we need to serve wholeheartedly with genuine faith. We need to stand with God and His principles.

Taking a firm stance can come at a cost.

What price are you willing to pay?

I choose to serve the Lord. My desire is that I can be brave enough to do the right thing even when it's hard, lonely, and costly.

For more verses on this subject, see Joshua 24, Romans 10:9, Exodus 20:4-5