God wants you all in...

Whether you played baseball as a kid or you just think back to the game of chase, we all remember the concept of having one foot on base and the other foot leading off ready to run. Even though we know why we did that then, I can't help but compare that picture to our life at times. How many times do we find ourselves with one foot in the world and one foot in your commitment to God. We have such a hard time being loyal to one thing. And which foot are you leading off with? Are you keeping one foot in the world and trying to turn toward God, or are you still holding on with one foot in your Christian life and the other is leading off toward the world? Just waiting for a reason to go back....
But if we look at society as a whole, loyalty doesn't have near the importance that it used to. We are constantly bombarded with reasons to leave what we have and go get something better. If you shop at one store, you should stop and go to another because they have a better deal for you. If you have this, you should get that. If you drive this, you should be driving that. We, as a people, are not brand loyal, or loyal to a manufacture, like we used to be. And every new generation that comes along is grasping this concept more and more. Don't get me wrong, in the world of business, I guess competition and choices are good. But how much is it changing the way we think all together. I mean, if you aren't happy with your spouse, there are now web sites to help you have more choices there too. Really??? Should that be something we treat like our shopping experience? What happened to loyalty and commitment?
And now we take this concept and put it into our spiritual life.....a place where the choice should be easy, but we have a hard time committing.... or being loyal. Don't put God in the category of "something I will do until something better comes along". He wants your 100% loyalty and commitment. It is the only way he can work in your life. If you think you have tried, but have not seen the fruits of God in your life, then I challenge you to think of your commitment level and your loyalty. Are you standing there with one foot on base and the other leading off just waiting for the reason or opportunity to run the other way. If so, try something different...try standing firm with God.....and knowing that nothing can get you to budge. Not temptation....or the bad things that sometimes happen in life.....you are in through thick and thin. Then see what God can do with your life. And then maybe he can use you to change the lives of people around you.

Does God send people to hell?

This question has been in the media lately due to something a well known pastor has said. "Does God send people to hell?" Even though my post won't be known around the world, I felt compelled to write my thoughts on this. And my first thought is.... How can we blame God if we go to hell? The very thought that we would blame God almost angers me. The only person that can determine where you go is YOU. You decide where you want to spend eternity. God is the one who provided a way for us not the have to go to hell. But He will not force you into heaven, and He will not force you into hell. 

If you stood before a judge for a crime that you had committed and he said you are either going to prison for what you have done or you can confess your wrong doing, ask for forgiveness and do your very best to live a better life and stay out of prison....who's choice would that be? If you ended up in prison with a choice like that it would be your fault....you certainly couldn't blame the judge. So how dare we blame God if we end up in hell. He lovingly gave us the choice....now it is up to you to decide where you want to go. I think it is quite arrogant of the world to say "hey God, I know you sent Christ to die for our sins, and you asked us to confess and turn our lives over to Him in order to go to heaven.....but I think you should just let me live life the way I want and let me into heaven anyway". Kind of sound ridiculous when you say it out loud like that, but that is what we are saying when we "expect" God to allow us into heaven despite our own ways.  

If you want to get from the east coast to the west coast there are roads designed to get you there. But if you want to try to get there not using those roads, more power to you. But don't blame the people who designed the roads if you don't make it there. The choice is yours. There is one way to heaven.....if you want to try to find another because you don't agree with the Bible, well, God gave you that choice. But don't blame Him if you don't make it there.

God's love covers all. Let it cover you so there is no question where you will spend eternity.