Choose You This Day
(NRSV) Joshua 24:15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. Psalm 48
Have you considered recently the magnitude of Who God is? For me, to meditate on the different aspects of His character is almost overwhelming, but ultimately satisfying. You see, when we learn about His character, then we are learning all we need to know about the Most High God.
I was listening to one of my sermons on YouTube and I said there are certain things God cannot do. A little girl spoke up and said “God can do anything!” I replied, yes, God can do anything, except go against His character because His character, revealed in His names, is Who He is.
We are doing a study at church on prayer, and Pastor Greg has made the distinction between community centered prayer and kingdom centered prayer. The first instance deals with me centered prayers: health, protection, what I think I need. But in kingdom praying, there is a distinct shift from what I think I need to what brings me into alignment with God’s redemptive purposes.
You see, our prayers will always lack the power to be effective until we align ourselves with God.
Most of us were taught to end our prayers with “in the name of Jesus.” But if we do not understand the meaning of that phrase, we may as well just say “thank you and good night.”
Why? Because that simple phrase, in Jesus’ name, means we are asking for something in agreement with Jesus. We are asking our Father to hear and answer our prayers because they align with His kingdom purpose.
So what does choosing who you will serve have to do with prayer? It’s all about aligning who we are with Who God is and we can only achieve such alignment through Bible study and prayer.
May we today, and every day, choose God and His kingdom purpose. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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