All You Got

Make-overs were popular in days past. Even I was talked-into a make-over and, much to my horror, was then photographed! I suspect most of us would prefer a "do-over" of bad decisions, poor choices, terrible mistakes. Scripture tells a sad ending to one man's great opportunity to magnify God and finish his life well: "Solomon did evil [things] in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as his father David had done." (1 Kings 11:6, AMP). King Solomon collected wives like some would collect antique cars - foreign women who followed false gods and turned Solomon's heart away from the one true God. This ancient king's mistakes is also descriptive of Believers' hearts today! Our own heads and hearts are turned by what is pleasant to the eyes and ears, what is trendy and popular - "Solomon clung to these in love" (1 Kings 11:2, AMP). It's impossible to completely cling to more than one thing; the enthralled heart to to more than one thing is quite simply ... a heart divided. Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" (Mark 12:30, ESV). Here, Jesus speaks of the undivided heart - the heart with no mixture of anything else. To love Jesus completely is to let turn aside from all that hinders full devotion. It's loving Jesus with ... all you got!