“And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them” (Joshua 23:5-7, KJV)
It takes courage to follow after God, especially when we want to follow our on path! I remember having to make some tough decisions over the past few years regarding my career choices, how I spend my time and money and even what activities I should focus on at different times in my life. My choices were always easier and foolproof. The choices I felt God leading me to make didn’t make any sense at all. Sometimes, I ignored Him and I felt the repercussions in extra stress and headache. Other times, following His patth has called on me to develop courage – but it resulted in peace!
There are a lot of things in this world to pull us in many different directions. If we aren’t courageous to follow God’s path, the road less traveled, we may feel the world’s instant gratification but it’ll eventually turn to dust.
Have you had to make any difficult choices between what you wanted and what you felt God wanted? What did you do about it?
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