Day 3 | Choose Today
Read Luke 9:23
Joshua said at Shechem, “Choose this day whom you will serve.”
Three millennia later, Jesus said, “Take up your cross daily.”
A "Shechem moment" is powerful. But faithfulness is built on an ordinary Wednesday, not just a Sunday morning. The danger after a spiritual “high” is assuming the decision will sustain itself. But it won’t. Idols don’t stay buried without resistance. They whisper. They rationalize. They reappear.
Serving the Lord is not a one-time declaration. It is a daily surrender. So every morning – “this day” – you will choose:
- What/who defines me?
- What/who drives me?
- What/who do I trust?
- What/who do I fear?
The idol of self is especially “burial-resistant.” Sometimes self just won’t go down. It wants control. It wants recognition. It wants comfort.
But Jesus teaches us a better way: instead of self-exaltation, self-denial; instead of domination, surrender; instead of striving for control, trust in a good Father.
You don’t need dramatic emotion to remain faithful. You need steady obedience.
Today’s Prayer:
Spend some time in prayer committing your heart to the Lord. Ask that God would expose any false affections in you, teaching you to die to yourself so that you can live fully for Him.
Sunday’s decision was real. Today’s surrender keeps it alive.