Have you ever put some time aside for God and then found yourself unsure of what to do? Joshua 24 gives us a great pattern. The people presented themselves before the Lord and together they began by remembering all the things that God had done for them. This is a good place to start. Think back on your life so far and recognise what God has done and where he has brought you. Vocalise this before God as an act of thanksgiving. Then recommit yourself to God. Lay out your agendas and plans before God and let him be God in your life. Take up his agenda and let him shape your plans. This is what it means to commit yourself to God. It means forsaking your own dreams and agendas and becoming a part of God’s agenda. We all have an agenda for life, we just don’t always make it conscious. Your life agenda is the first thing that you must lay down if you are going to let God be your God. If you are setting the agenda for your life then you have replaced God with your own authority. Or perhaps you are living to please others. In this case you have replaced God by binding yourself to their expectations of you. Commit yourself to serving God alone. Like Joshua and the Israelites in this account make a record of your commitment to God. Write it down. Let the written commitment act as a witness against you when you stray and an encouragement for you to keep your life in God’s hands.
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Read Joshua 24
