God Wants Us to be Full-Time, Not Part-Time

Among other things, the guest pastor on Wednesday said "You can't split your time 50/50 between God and the devil."

It just doesn't work that way. If we serve God, we can't serve the devil, and if we serve the devil, we aren't serving God. If I'd heard the phrase "serve the devil" before this year, or even earlier this year, I would have imagined devil-worshipers and satanic rituals. It doesn't have to be that big though.

We have to make sure that our thoughts, actions, and words line up with God's Word, and that we continually serve Him in everything we do. Any thoughts, words, or actions that do not serve God, serve the flesh, and by proxy, Satan.

The other day I had a revelation about how going to church even on Wednesdays (post to come later) serves God, then another about selfless service (post here).

I'm still learning how to serve God all the time, including in the shows I watch, the books I read, and the words I say. Even my thoughts have changed! It truly is a wondrous feeling serving God with my whole heart and not just part of it.
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"'And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever'" (1 Chronicles 28:9).