ORDER MY STEPS IN THY WORD

God’s Order in Old Testament TimesChoose You This Dayyour fathers served that were on the otherWith these words, Joshua set an example and aside of the flood [and those gods weren’tchallenge for others to accept. Joshua and hispowerful enough to keep us from leavinghouse were determined to serve the Lord. TheEgypt], or the gods of the Amorites, inquestion still remained: Whom were the rest ofwhose land ye dwell [and those gods weren’tthe people of Israel going to serve?powerful enough to keep us from subduingtheir followers and taking their land]: but as Verses 16-18:for me and my house, we will serve theAnd the people answered and said, God for-Lord.bid that we should forsake the Lord, toserve other gods;Joshua told the people to choose, to make aFor the Lord our God, he it is that broughtdecision, whom they would serve. Jehovah hadus up and our fathers out of the land ofdelivered them from the Egyptians and theirEgypt, from the house of bondage, andgods, and Jehovah had delivered them from thewhich [Who] did those great signs in ourAmorites and their gods, to cite just two examplesof God’s power having been abundantlywherein we went, and among all the peoplesight, and preserved us in all the waymanifested to them. The children of Israel couldthrough whom we passed:serve the other people’s gods if they chose. ButAnd the Lord drave out from before us allthey also had the option of choosing to servethe people, even the Amorites which dweltJehovah, the one God Who had delivered themin the land: therefore will we also serve theover and over again.Lord; for he is our God.“. . . Choose you this day whom ye willserve. . . .” We, too, have to make a choice. Arewe really going to stand for God and His Wordor are we just going to talk about it? We mustmake up our minds. Joshua had made up his mindwhen he said with great determination, “As for meand my house, we will serve the Lord.”Once the people voiced their decision to continueserving Jehovah, Joshua could then give them furtherinstructions for their walk before God.Verses 19 and 20:And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot180181