Will to be Faithful

I did it. I actually got up a couple minutes before 6:00. It is the first time in a long time I can remember getting up this early just to read and pray. I'm reading through the daily devotionals in My Utmost for His Highest every morning. Today's meditation was from Joshua 24:15. "...choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve..." I found it very appropriate as this has been a determined choice for me to get up and follow God again.

Below is the first half of the meditation.

"A person's will is embodied in the actions of the whole person. I can not give up my will--I must exercise it, putting it into action. I must will to obey, and I must will to receive God's Spirit. When God gives me a vision of truth, there is never a question of what He will do, but only what I will do. The Lord has been placing in front of each of us some big proposals and plans. The best thing to do is to remember what you did before when you were touched by God. Recall the moment when you were saved, or first recognized Jesus, or realized some truth. It was easy then to yield your allegiance to God. Immediately recall those moments each time the Spirit of God brings some new proposal before you.

'...choose for yourselves this day who you will serve...' Your choice must be a deliberate determination--it is not something into which you will automatically drift."