“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart; do not depend on your own understanding, ‘Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” Proverbs 3:5-6
The important thing about that familiar scripture passage is the use of a little three letter word. All is what God expects of us. It reminds me of the message on the sign in front of our church a while back; “God wants full custody of you, not just weekend visitation.” We cannot dip our toe in the blood Jesus shed for our sins and be born again. We have to allow it to penetrate every hidden part of our life. We can’t be content to sit on the fence between God and Satan. Don’t you know that Satan owns that fence? He is happy when people think they can avoid making a decision to dive into God’s mercy, grace and love and still be saved somehow.
Jesus tells that us we can’t split our loyalty between two masters but people continue to try to do just that when they separate their religious life from their social or political life. A line from the theme song of an old movie comes to mind. “One day of praying and six nights of fun. The odds against going tp heaven – six to one.” There is some bad news for people who live like that; the odds against going to heaven are actually 100%. God wants us to turn ALL of our life over to Him. Adam couldn’t hide from God and neither can we. We certainly can’t keep a secret from God because He can see right through us. So why not be completely open in our relationship with Him?
In the book of Revelation Jesus warns us not to be lukewarm. He wants us to be ALL in, with a hot passion to serve Him; or we might as well be ALL out, with a cold heart. Have you turned ALL of your life over to God? If not, I pray that you will do it today. It is the only way to live life as His child with the blessing of your heavenly Father.