And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
(Joshua 24:15)

Thought For Today:
If you chose twelve men to review one particular subject, more than likely, there will be twelve different perspectives.  Two kids can grow up in the same home and be exposed to the same teaching yet they will often respond differently.  The parents' love or lack of love and their right or wrong teaching is not the only determining factor of their destiny.

Decisions, right or wrong, are based on perspectives.  And perspectives are predicated on many things, such as character, values, age, background, training, culture, and morals.  The twelve men that Moses chose, by all accounts, saw the same thing.  The difference was their perspective. 

Another point we must understand is that when we murmur and complain, we oftentimes will not make the right decisions or select the correct course for our lives.  Israel murmured and complained so much on their journey to the Promised Land that their minds were fogged of God's abilities.  And so now Joshua, one of the original twelve chosen by Moses, who made the right choice in the beginning, again offered them a chance to reconsider their decision.  He said, now God is giving you another shot at this thing (my wording). And so he tells them, "But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua said, I've made my decision, and it's going to be the Lord.  And so I say to you today, choose.  As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.