I literally love and say to me oftentimes this powerful
line in scripture that says, “If God is with us, who can be against?” A
powerful saying, indeed, because God is always with us and for us. There’s just
one problem: Too often we’re not with God, at least not entirely.
There’s something in us that makes us flee from
definitive choices.
Given a list of mutually exclusive options, our preferred
choice all too frequently is “all of the above,” which, of course, can never
work.
I cant enter my car and jump on my bike at the same time.
We can’t give our heart to one person in relationship and then continue
actively exploring the alternatives. We have to choose. In every blessed day
and in every part of life, we have to decide what our commitments will be; and
that starts with the biggest commitment of all: To whom shall I ultimately give
my heart? Everything else will flow from that, but what if that key commitment
is ambivalent or half-hearted? What will happen to the rest of me?
It stays in the Scripture obviously “A house divided against itself cannot
stand.”
So we have some choices to make, all of them hinging on
the great
choice: To whom shall I give my heart? Will it be God or
just one of his many little creatures? If you’re tempted to delay, just keep in
mind Jesus’ words: “Whoever is not with me is against me.” That does cut
through the fog and set things clear: It’s time to go with him, wholeheartedly,
and get a life.
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