Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve . . . . But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. – JOSHUA 24:15

As a boy, my father often played violin in the local symphony.  This budding young talent continued improving into his high school years.

Then one day he decided to join his raced through the school hallways and out the door, my dad hurried to follow them.  The door slammed just as he reached it.  His left hand smashed the glass of the door – severing the tendons to three fingers.  All the doctors could do was tie the tendons in knots, rendering his fingers useless and taking the violin out of his life forever.

I wonder how Dad's life might have been different had  he not made that one small choice.  "What-ifs" have dubious merit – we can always second-guess ourselves.  But we cannot under-estimate the impact of our choices. One choice can produce lifelong consequences, for good or bad.

Joshua's counsel is a good place to start. "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve," he told Israel.  'But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD" (Josh. 24:15).

Serving God will not always be the easy choice, But it is a choice that brings the kind of consequence we can live with. – Bill Crowder

I am resolved to follow the Savior,

Faithful and true each day;

Heed what He sayeth, do what He willeth-

He is the living way.- Hartsough

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What you will be tomorrow depends on the choices you make today.

Source: Our Daily Bread

Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. – Rev. 3:20

If I asked the question, "Where's Waldo?" you might recall those popular children's picture books from the 1980's.  That little guy in the red -and-white-striped shirt and hat loved to hide in the pages amid a busy blur of images that made it nearly impossible to find him.

Thankfully, finding Jesus is a lot easier than finding Waldo.  Jesus doesn't play hide-and-seek. He says. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock" (Rev.3:20).  You can find Him at the door of your heart – the core of your existence – waiting to come in.  He doesn't just want to meet you at church, or to be kept at bay on the outer edges of your life.  Rather, He longs to be in the center of your dreams, deliberations, and desires.  He wants a real relationship with the real you.

And so wonderful as that is, I need to warn you that it may be a little unsettling.  Your heart is no doubt harboring a few things that He will want to deal with. But there is nothing that is more valuable than intimacy with Him.  Welcome Jesus and He will clear out the clutter until the air is fragrant and fresh with the purity, power, and pleasure of His presence.
 Who's knocking at your heart's door? It's Jesus! How wonderful is that! -Joe Stowell

Sweetest of all of life's blessings,

Communication with Christ above.

Assured of His constant presence,

His matchless, eternal love. – Anon.

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Jesus is standing at the of your heart – welcome Him In!

Source:  Our Daily Bread