“choose this day whom you will serve”
“But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD”
” Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Psalms 5:7
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
Joshua 24:15
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond 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.”
Psalms 55:16
But I call to God, and the LORD will save me.
Psalms 130:4
But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
Acts 9:31
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
1 Peter 1:17
And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
Psalms 132:7
“Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!”
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Choose this day whom you will serve, worship, honor and glorify. This was spoken by Joshua near the end of his life as another reminder to those he was leading. David said I will call on the Lord who will save me. And because he knew this and believed it he said Lets go to His dwelling place and worship Him. These are summed up by the writer of Hebrews in Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. How hard is it to stay near God? What is His grace and mercy like to you? What does it mean to worship Him? How do I know if I am worshiping Him? We must recognize that we by nature want to be separated from God and we must choose to draw near and stay near to Him. This is a choice all day, every day. When we make this choice we find or see more and more blessings from the hand of God and we are able to acknowledge and thank/worship Him. It is hard to stay near to Him without being in His word. It is hard to find someone you are not looking for. It is hard to thank/worship one you do not acknowledge.