Give it All

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6

In any given week I find myself traveling throughout much of Stark County and even up to Akron. During these drives I often pass by the local churches and read their signs. There are the standard “Jesus Saves”, then there are the inspirational, and some are even comical, but the one I crossed this week was subtly upsetting.

The sign I read this week read: “Make Jesus part of your 2012”. At first this does not seem like much of an issue. Right? But when you evaluate it further you will find that there is one word that is actually quite disturbing. That word is “part”. See I believe that this is the whole problem with the faith; we all just want Jesus to be a part.

Jesus did not come to Earth and save us from our sins just so He can be a part of our lives. Instead as believers, young and old, Christ is to be our whole life. Remember, in the scripture above, He has begun a good work in you and plans to see it into completion.

God is not some novelty that we pick up on Sunday, or if we are really religious on Wednesday as well. He is meant to be part of our life all the time. When Paul walked the Earth he did not put Jesus down when it was convenient, instead he picked up the cross that much more when it wasn’t. This is how Paul allowed Christ to complete a good work in him.

As we begin this year we each need to look at ourselves and find how we are going allow Christ to have all of us, so that we may have more of Him. They say that you can have too much of a good thing, well they are wrong. You cannot have too much Christ and I challenge you to try.

So in conclusion all I can say is press on for more. Don’t give up with where you are now, for you can always have more. We have yet to come to that time of completion and therefore there is always more to come. Don’t just give Jesus part of 2012, but give Jesus all of 2012.