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July 28, 2026 · 5:56 AM

Whole Hearted Commitment

I got an email at work that’s promoting a new perk. It said, “Why commit to one gym when you can have access to 20,000 gyms? Change gyms any time you like!” I started thinking about how everything has become about convenience instead of commitment. You can go month to month on so many things these days instead of having to sign an annual agreement. Other prices let you cancel any time. The ability to opt out when things become inconvenient is appealing to our nature which is why so many marketing campaigns go after it. The problem comes when we have things God created for us to commit to and we opt out for the sake of convenience.

After Moses died, Joshua led the children of Israel. He led the younger generation into the Promised Land and conquered the cities. At the end of his life, he gathered the nation together at Shechem where God had promised the land to Abraham. Before passing away, he wanted to remind the people what God had done for them and to have them recommit to following and serving the Lord. In Joshua 24:15 he said, “If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve:… as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (AMP). Joshua didn’t want there to be any doubt about his commitment to following the Lord. He made a bold proclamation in front of everyone and we remember it to this day.

Deuteronomy 6:5-6 says, “And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today” (NLT). God is asking us for a whole hearted commitment that doesn’t change with the times or for convenience. Not only are we to love Him with every part of our being, we must commit ourselves to following His way of living. Like Joshua, we must stand up in this generation and choose to serve and follow the Lord. We need to look back at all God has done for us, remember the promises He’s kept and choose to daily take up our cross and commit to the life He’s called us to live in the Bible. God is asking each of us to decide if we’re going to have a whole hearted commitment to Him or not.

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Go Home

Have you ever been in a missions service where a missionary shared the work they were doing? What about a service where they taught in the Great Commission? Chances are that you felt a strong tug on your heart to “go into all the world.” You May have even prayed, “Lord, here am I, send me…just don’t send me to that part of the world.” We feel that strong tug because the Great Commission was to all of us. We are all called to go into all the world. We usually don’t consider our job, our neighborhood or our city as being included in “all the world,” but it is. Not everyone is called to be a missionary in a foreign country. However, we are all called to make disciples wherever we go.

In John 4, we read where Jesus took a strange detour through Samaria. The disciples were probably a bit confused because Jews and Samaritans hated each other. While they went to search for food, Jesus sat by a well. When a woman came to the well, Jesus spoke to her and asked for water. During their discussion, He explained He had living eater. He also told her all about herself and that He was the Messiah. She ran back into her town and told everyone about Him. They all came out because of her testimony of her encounter with Him. He stayed for a couple of days. They then said that they no longer believed because of her word. Now they had experienced Him themselves. One woman led an entire city to the Lord. She didn’t have to go into all the world. She just had to go home.

In Luke 8, we read where Jesus delivered the demoniac from Gaderene. He was filled with so many demons, they called themselves “Legion”. They asked to be cast into the pigs and they were. The man was delivered and wanted to follow Jesus. In verse 39 Jesus said, “‘Return home and tell [about] all the great things God has done for you.’ So the man went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him” (AMP). Just like these two people, most of us are called to go home and make disciples. There are people all around you today who need you to answer that call to go and make disciples. There are people who need to hear your testimony and see your life lived for Christ. You may be the only Jesus they meet today. Help set them free by the power of Jesus and win your town to Him one person at a time.

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