Undesirable?

“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:15

We often find the second half of this verse on wall plaques or calendars.

But it is valuable to consider the whole verse.

It is quite predictable to want to write off the entire verse as less than relevant because it is, after all, Old Testament and is speaking of the gods of nations that no longer exist.

But it is precisely why it is relevant.

Nations come and go, gods come and go but the Eternal God had no beginning nor does He have an end.

The one we serve always was and always will be.

There was never a time He was not God and there never will be a time when we call on Him that He won’t answer!

He is God, not a god.

How can you find serving the Lord undesirable?

Yet many do still today.

Their names may have changed but many still serve.

Can you proclaim with Joshua –

...as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord!