Joshua 24

"'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.'" v.14-15
The people had to decide whether they would obey the Lord, who had proven his trustworthiness, or obey the local gods, which were only hand-made idols. Talk is cheap. It is easy to say we will follow God, but it is much more important to live like it. It's easy to slip into a quiet rebellion - Going about life in your own way. Joshua told the Israelites to destroy their foreign gods, or idols. To follow God requires destroying whatever gets in the way of worshiping him. We have our own form of idols - greed, wrong priorities, jealousy, prejudices - that get in the way of worshiping God. God is not satisfied if we merely hide these idols. We must completely remove them from our lives. The time comes when you have to choose who or what will control you. The choice is yours. Will is be God, your own limited personality, or another imperfect substitute? Once you have chosen to be controlled by God's Spirit, reaffirm your choice every day.

Taken from the NLT Life Application Study Bible