Give God All!
We have all gotten very comfortable and familiar with the idiom that we should GIVE GOD ALL. This is a principle that both draws and drives away people in reference to the institutional church and the Christian life in general. But it goes deeper than that! Colossians 3:23 is telling us that we should not only give God all, but we should also give all to whatever we do AS IF it were to God directly. Wow! I need to give my job ALL. I should be giving my friendships ALL. I need to give my exercising and health consciousness ALL. I should be praying mightily and not just apathetically for my enemies. It is tough enough to give a perfect God all, but it is REALLY tough to give imperfect people and situations ALL!!! Colossians grants us access to a powerful tool for our growth and strengthening though!!! An Olympic athlete must go through a lot of work doing things that are not directly what they compete in in order to get their body in the CONDITION it needs to be in to win. Same for believers, we must excel in other activities that may not be “church” in order that our whole selves can be conditioned to endure to the end!!!! WORK IT OUT so that you can then get into good GODLY SHAPE!!! Give it all you got!!!! Be hot or cold…never lukewarm!!!
