"Let God Arise"

"Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered: let them also that hate Him flee before Him." (Psalms 68:1) I know that it might be hard to understand, but the God that we serve is love; those that are His enemies, are His enemies because they have chosen to hate Him. I, for the life of me, can not understand why, but God has demonstrated how much He loves us in such a drastic way, that it is almost unbelievable. And yet, those who choose to hate Him, no matter how hard you try to explain it to them, they just hate Him more; the more convincing that you are, the more hateful they become. Jesus gave a pretty good explanation for this, as He was explaining the fact that men love darkness rather than light (John 3:19). Darkness has to flee from light, it just has no other choice; but when men want to hold onto the darkness, it is really the darkness that holds on to them. That is the whole point of being a slave to sin, in that it holds us captive, and we have no other choice but to serve it. But, as Paul describes in Romans 6, God has set us free from the bondage of sin, and we no longer have to serve it. But, in so doing, we must serve God instead! Whether you agree with it or not, you are going to serve someone or something no matter what. I know some people think that they don't serve anyone, like maybe people who have everything they need, and they do not serve anyone, but are served by others. But God will not be mocked! The simple truth is that those that who do not serve God, are actually serving someone else, and that someone else actually is God's enemy, the devil. Please try to understand something (I am talking to myself), if we are not serving God, whether that be by profession, or just by the manner in which we live out our lives, then we are serving ourselves; and those that serve themselves are taking after the devil, who revolted against serving God, but instead wanted to be like God. The choice is clearly in our court. God has made His move, and now it's up to you to choose who you will serve... "So fear the LORD and serve Him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD alone. 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 24:14-15) NLT