All or Nothing

If we aren't giving God everything that we are, we might as well not be giving him anything at all. He says in Revelation to the church at Laodicea that he was about to spit them out of his mouth because the were neither hot nor cold. Just luke warm. They weren't totally on fire for Jesus but they didn't hate him either, they were just kind of chillin' like a villain with Jesus. He's NOT okay with that. He wants us to pursue him passionately with everything that we are, not just give him a little bit here, a little bit there but EVERYTHING. Easier said than done sometimes when it comes to things like finances, relationships and anxiety. But a good friend of mine put it like this: "Not having a good relationship with God is like trying to live in a messy room. You can do it, but it affects every aspect of your life. You can't do your homework as well, you get frustrated when you can't find things, and you trip over things." If we aren't giving our lives completely to God, it affects every aspect of our lives and our "messy room" makes it impossible to function. We may as well have not given him our lives at all if we aren't willing to keep the floor clean and follow after him passionately.