"But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15 (NLT)

Joshua makes it clear to the children of Israel he has been entrusted to lead, that he and his family will serve the Lord! He tells them they need to make a firm decision to follow the Lord; their loyalties could not be divided. They needed to make a choice to whole heartily serve the Lord with all they were. But, regardless of their choice, Joshua makes it clear; he has already decided to follow God.

Jesus said, "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." We must choose who will be our God; who we will allow to guide us. Will we choose to allow the Holy Spirit to lead us, or will we choose to allow our finances to guide our actions? God wants to lead and direct everything we do, but too often God's children allow how much money they have, or how little they have, dictate to them what they should do. We must choose to allow the Lord to be our guide at all times! We must follow the Lover of our souls, and not allow our soul to fall in love with the riches of this world! Refuse to allow money to be your god; don't allow it to lead you! Regardless of what others may do, let us be like Joshua and declare, "As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord."

"What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met." Matthew 6:31-33 (MSG)