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.
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