Something Is Not Better Than Nothing!

How many of you would drive a car with three wheels, fly in a plane with only one wing, or be happy to have your mail delivered just two doors down? When we examine life, and everything associated with it, we find that there are very few times we could say, something is better than nothing. Now perhaps to a starving man, a piece of bread is better than nothing at all, but in most cases, almost always, if you remove something that ought to be there, it just doesn’t work. The same is true in one’s relationship with the Lord. Most are under the impression that a little dab will do you, when it comes to Jesus. Many thinks that if I pray every now and then, go to church on occasion, or give when I think about it, all will be fine. So, the question becomes, is that true, or are most “believers” trying to drive a faith with only three wheels? The truth in Scripture is that there is never an occasion where anything but one’s total devotion and consecration to the Lord is acceptable. From the first commandment, to love Him with all our hearts, the stage is set for the rest of Scripture. You see the Scriptures dont say, God is a rewarder of those who put Him first on occasion, but rather it says God rewards, “those who diligently seek Him.” Scripture doesn’t say, blessed is the man that says he believes and ponders God on occasion, but rather, as the psalmist says, “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.” Likewise, Jesus did not say come follow me anyway that is convenient for you, but rather, “forsake all that you have, take up your cross daily, or you cannot follow me.” The world we live in is the biproduct of this, something is better than nothing, religion. As each generation drifts further and further from the truth, convinced that a little Jesus will do you, eventually, it will give way to a completely godless society, all because people believed, something was better than nothing. The real tragedy, however, is that this mentality produces nothing in the lives of those who accept it. You see except we abide in Him, we can do nothing, if we harbor sin in our hearts, He will not hear us, and if we do not bear fruit, we are cut down and cast into the fire. Scripture is clear when it comes to Jesus, something is not better than nothing, Jesus is all or nothing!

Rev. Joel M McDuffie Jr.

12/11/2018