Series: Taste of His Presence

Title: Taste of His Presence | Part 4: We Always Have Options!

Scripture: Joshua 24: 14-24 (MSG)

14 “So now: Fear God. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship God.

15 “If you decide that it’s a bad thing to worship God, then choose a god you’d rather serve—and do it today. Choose one of the gods your ancestors worshiped from the country beyond The River, or one of the gods of the Amorites, on whose land you’re now living. As for me and my family, we’ll worship God.”

16 The people answered, “We’d never forsake God! Never! We’d never leave God to worship other gods.

17-18 “God is our God! He brought up our ancestors from Egypt and from slave conditions. He did all those great signs while we watched. He has kept his eye on us all along the roads we’ve traveled and among the nations we’ve passed through. 

Just for us he drove out all the nations, Amorites and all, who lived in the land. “Count us in: We too are going to worship God. He’s our God.”

19-20 Then Joshua told the people: “You can’t do it; you’re not able to worship God. He is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He won’t put up with your fooling around and sinning. When you leave God and take up the worship of foreign gods, he’ll turn right around and come down on you hard. He’ll put an end to you—and after all the good he has done for you!”

21 But the people told Joshua: “No! No! We worship God!”

22 And so Joshua addressed the people: “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen God for yourselves—to worship him.”

And they said, “We are witnesses.”

23 Joshua said, “Now get rid of all the foreign gods you have with you. Say an unqualified Yes to God, the God of Israel.”

24 The people answered Joshua, “We will worship God. What he says, we’ll do.”

Synopsis: As we try God and realize how good God is...one of the next steps is to build a relationship with Christ. This helps us desire the shekinah glory of God instead of shenanigans in our life. In order to stay away from the shenanigans, we must seek God in order to find Him. In doing all of this, the difficult thing for us is we all have options. What will happen in your house?

Message Points:

1️⃣ There has always been a call to worship! Worship has always been an option. 

2️⃣ There is a challenge to be faithful. 

3️⃣ There is a call and a challenge to choose. 

4️⃣ Can God see the options you have chosen?