What time is it? It’s kairos: a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action: the opportune and decisive moment.

“Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God. Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods … “Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth. Get rid of the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and worship Yahweh. But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.” (Joshua 24:1-2, 14-15)

Choosing Who Or What To Worship Is Your Choice!
• The choice is intentional. “Choose for yourselves.” (v. 15b)
• The choice is urgent. “Choose for yourselves today.” (v. 15b)
• The choice is unavoidable. “Choose for yourselves today the one you will worship.” (v. 15b)
• The choice is generational. “As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.” (v. 15d)

“The people replied, “We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods! For the Lord our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us all along the way we went and among all the peoples whose lands we traveled through. The Lord drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will worship the Lord, because He is our God.” But Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to worship Yahweh, because He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not remove your transgressions and sins. If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, He will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after He has been good to you.” “No!” the people answered Joshua. “We will worship the Lord.” Joshua then told the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you yourselves have chosen to worship Yahweh.” “We are witnesses,” they said. “Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and offer your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey Him.” (Joshua 24:16-24)

• The gods of Egypt represent the gods of my past.
• The gods of the Amorites represent the gods of my culture.

“Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.” (Jonah 2:8) [NIV]

“Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.” (Colossians 3:5)

How Do You Get Rid Of An Idol? You starve it to death!
“On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem and established a statute and ordinance for them. Joshua recorded these things in the book of the law of God; he also took a large stone and set it up there under the oak next to the sanctuary of the Lord. And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone—it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny our God.” Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.” (Joshua 24:25-28)