Who do you serve?

“You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at the table of demons, too.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭21

Today, as I had my quiet time with the Lord, I came across this verse and for some reason it stood out to me.

Do we as Christian’s know that we are to live a life, 100% devoted to the Lord? We talk about it in the church and we might talk about it with our families and friends but do we live by it those words? Do we understand what Paul talks about in that verse?

Or do we allow for our sinful nature to control us?

In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul talks about removing wicked people from our lives. We are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges sin in their lives.

We often talk about others but forget to look at our own lives first. What if we are the wicked person in someone else’s life?

The Bible truly teaches to not walk the way of the wicked (Psalm 1). We need to surround ourselves with people that walk by the Word of God and with those who are planted by the riverbank and bear fruit. And most importantly WE have to be those type of people.

”For the LORD watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.” Psalm 1:6

Where does your heart stand? We cannot serve the Lord and our own flesh at the same time.

The Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground and walked through the wilderness with God on their side. But they lacked of true faith. God had to teach them a lesson over and over again. Later when Joshua led them into Canaan, they still lived a doubled life. They had their idols that they worshiped but also worshiped God from time to time. In Joshua 24, Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to give them a very important message.

““So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”” Joshua‬ ‭24‬:‭14‬-‭15‬

Joshua gave the Israelites a decision to make. Who do you wanna serve? For him, it was clear as day.

Can we give the same answer to that question that Joshua did?

But for me and my family, we will serve the Lord?

I really hope so!

-Utje F.

For the Lord calls and I will follow.

this is my story, what’s yours?