Day 196 Choose This Day Whom Ye Will Serve

In Matthew 5:13, Jesus tells his followers that they are the salt of the earth, and in the same sentence offers a warning that savorless salt is good for nothing. Join me in an attempt to be savory salt as I share each day one verse of scripture and one small thought. Perhaps this small daily emphasis can lead to greater savor in your life and ultimately you and I can be savory salt.

Hello, my friends and family, wherever you're listening from, thank you for joining me and know that I'm cheering for your every success. Welcome to day 196 on our 365-day journey through the Book of Mormon together. I've got an activity for you to do today.

And quite honestly, this podcast episode may be quite short because the verse is short. The thought is short, but let's see what happens as we go. You're going to be reading today Alma chapter 29, verses 12 through 17.

You finish that chapter and you finish Alma, joy and rejoicing, and it's a great finish up there. So enjoy the rest of that chapter and then you're going to get into Alma chapter 30 by reading verses 1 through 12. And this is the introduction to Korihor, who was anti, as the scripture says.

Let's get directly into our verse for today. It's in Alma chapter 30. We're not going to get into the Korihor part yet.

It's instead kind of framing what's happening here with Nephite law. Alma 30:8. For thus saith the scripture, Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.

Now I think that one's interesting because that scripture actually comes out of the Book of Joshua, which is kind of cool that he's quoting it, right? Choose ye this day whom ye will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

That stuck with me enough from my childhood that when my parents sold their house and ended up moving into different locations and whatnot, I wanted that. And I put it up in my kitchen so that my kids can see it. It's got that epic, awesome, fat gold frame, you know, from like, I don't even know, the '60s or so.

It's awesome in terms of dating. But the verse is the challenge for the day. My friends, if you have not chosen or you're sitting on several fences, choose ye this day.

Choose today. Who will you serve? There's plenty of groups that you can choose from.

You could choose from political groups. You could choose from different activity-based groups. You could choose from hobby groups.

You could choose, maybe even it comes down to different family groups or people have a choice to choose whom they will serve. I want to encourage you to spend some time today and frame yourself up with the question of, whom do I choose to serve? As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

I hope that my children know that call to action. I hope that they feel it through me and my wife, who both work regularly to try to make the gospel a part of our lives. And I hope you feel that as well.

Congratulations on your choice to serve the Lord. I hope I'll see you along the path and we can work together in that service opportunity. That's all for today, my friends.

Remember that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass. Keep it small, keep it simple, and always seek to be savory salt. I'll be here tomorrow and I hope you are too.