Mostly All The Time

I have a little problem with superlatives. I use them all the time. See? I’ll stick in an “always,” a “never,” and anything with an “est” at the end in my conversations. I like to say that I got it honestly. My mom was a “You always...I never…This is the most, best, worst, favorite….” kind of person. I really liked it when she said that I was the whatever “est” of all of her children. Of course she was also saying the same thing to my brother and sister. Well, because of this background, I sat up and really listened when our pastor began his sermon and it turned into a superlative fest. It seems that God is the most superlative of all.

He was preaching from the passage in Deuteronomy 6:4-9. God told His people, “Listen up! I am not just God, I am the only God. You must love me with all your entire heart, all your entire soul, and all your entire mind. This love is a commandment with no exceptions. This love is to be so much a part of you that you always continually teach it to your family everywhere you are, with everything you do and, everywhere you go. Love for Me should be the uppermost priority and the only thing that preoccupies your mind. Everyone that comes in contact with you should immediately recognize to whom you belong…Me.”

Wow, I was saying, “You go God!” until I suddenly realized He was talking to me too.

I must:

1.         Really realize who God is all the time. Vs. 4

2.        Really love God with everything all the time. Vs. 5

3.       Really have a relationship with God all the time. Vs. 6

4.       Really teach about God to my family all the time. Vs. 7

5.        Really build the kingdom of God all the time. Vs. 8

6.       Really show God to everyone around me all the time. Vs. 9 

I realized that I was a “mostly all the time” at my best and a “want to be all the time but not quite” at my worst. This kicked me in my superlative shins and brought me to my knees.

 

I don’t want to be a mostly all the time Christian.

How about you?