WHOLE-HEARTED DEVOTION
“God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like You, Lord Jesus.”
Psa 119:10 With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
“He is no fool that gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” ~Jim Elliot
Jesus Christ referred to John the Baptist as “A Burning and Shining Light.” (John 5:35) He was also a missionary/martyr. Both Jim and John, considered Christ worthy of their whole-hearted devotion! Both of these men were history makers and world changers. Both of these men, though their lives were cut short, were men on fire for Christ!
There is nothing that makes a life more powerful or more impacting than a heart that exclusively lives for Jesus and His Gospel! Jesus Christ was whole-heartedly devoted to His Father’s will, even at the cost of suffering an unspeakably torturous death on a cruel cross! That’s how much God wanted to save the world! His heart longs for those who will also surrender their whole-hearted love and devotion to Him. He will live His powerful life through any wholly devoted disciple! I cannot think of anything more important than this! Can you?
Every blessing!
—Tom