Whole-hearted

August 30

God does not expect His people to be slackers. He doesn’t expect those who profess faith in Him to be half-hearted in their endeavors. It is His wish that we select our goals wisely and with deference to His purposes and that we then pursue them with all our energy.

This is conveyed clearly by what Paul says in I Corinthians 9:24 where he acknowledges, “…in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize! Run in such a way as to get the prize.” Our Heavenly Coach doesn’t expect His ‘team’ to be also-rans! He expects them to be winners!

If we truly believe that Jesus has saved us from sin by sacrificing Himself as the propitiation for our sin, if we truly believe, “…there is no other name given under heaven whereby men might be saved,” (Acts 4:12), then we will make sharing the gospel, the ‘good news,’ our top order of business.

We will want everyone to know Him as Savior and be blessed. We will want His name to be lifted up in the hearts and minds of everyone whose life touches ours. In doing so, we will come into the full realization of the Lord’s promise that, if we “…seek His Kingdom and His righteousness first, all things will be added to us” Matthew 6:33.