All or Nothing

Sounds final doesn't it. We want to entertain each other to many times saying we are giving it our all, that is bull. "Oh but you don't know".....is said when challenged to increase time in God's word and world. I know 'cause I have said the same. God has been dealing with me to spend more time in His word and his world. Being in the office appears to be a safe place but many times I get caught up in time-consuming menial tasks. Yesterday we spent time out ministering and I still got off track thinking about the task I might be doing back church. I have had several folks cross my path this past week that need some adjustment like me to get rid of the time eaters and get in tune to quality time with God. Oswald Chambers has a great say on the matter today.

Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times externally, but it will amount to nothing. The true deep crisis of abandonment, or total surrender, is reached internally, not externally. The giving up of only external things may actually be an indication of your being in total bondage.
Have you deliberately committed your will to Jesus Christ? It is a transaction of the will, not of emotion; any positive emotion that results is simply a superficial blessing arising out of the transaction. If you focus your attention on the emotion, you will never make the transaction. Do not ask God what the transaction is to be, but make the determination to surrender your will regarding whatever you see, whether it is in the shallow or the deep, profound places internally.
If you have heard Jesus Christ’s voice on the waves of the sea, you can let your convictions and your consistency take care of themselves by concentrating on maintaining your intimate relationship to Him.