Today I read Joshua 9 where the old adage of "if you can't beat them, join them" comes readily to mind. This chapter details the people of Gibeon coming to Joshua and the people of Israel as beggars because of their might. However they lie about where they are from and once Joshua find out about it, he punishes them and makes them wood cutters and people who draw up water. However I am sure the people felt that was preferable to being wiped out completely.
It's really a shame that the people of Gibeon were not more willing to actually join with the people of Israel. They wanted life and would get it any way they could. Instead of converting and becoming one with the people, if God would have allowed it of course, they settled instead of a life of servitude. It makes me think of people today in our day and age. Are they really converted to the Lord and living the kind of life that He would want us to live? Are we truly living all the commandments and claiming our inheritance? Remember, we are joint heirs with Christ, meaning we stand to inherit all the Father hath, but only if we willingly give our heart, mind and soul to Him. Why should we settle for merely being servants of the one true God, when we can inherit all He has? The choice, as it always is, is up to us and we can decide to serve Him, but it is all or nothing. We cannot keep one foot in Babylon and the other in God's domain. We have to be wholly committed. The time to choose is now! Until tomorrow.
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