Joshua 24: Freedom to Choose

“And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”—Joshua 24:15 NKJV

I love, love, love that following Christ has always been a choice—an act of our own free will.

How could it be TRUE love without the freedom to choose. That truth has shaped so much of how I parent. If the Lord doesn’t lead from a place of control or fear—why should I? He leads with love, and that’s how I want to lead too.

My kids will definitely have the freedom to choose to follow Christ. They will make their own choices someday, but as for TODAY, me and my house—we’re choosing the Lord.