I recently went to a class by Eric Owens called, “Are You Giving God the Bare Minimum?” My favorite part of that lesson was when he answered the question, “Does Christianity even have a bare minimum? The answer is “Yes”. Christianity’s bare minimum is ALL. He brought things to a close by saying if you’re not giving Christ your all, you’re not even meeting the bare minimum.
Think about that for a moment.
I think it’s easy to just go through the motions and forget that it’s a commitment we’re making to Christ, not just doing it because He said so. We must always make it our effort to follow Him, but ask yourself what your motivation is. Is it because you truly love God because He first loved us (1 John 4:19)? Or, is it because it’s what you’ve been taught all your life? Is it a chore to obey + worship God or is it a delight? Jesus gave His all for us. Why shouldn’t we give our all to Him? A song that comes to mind when I think about this is, “Jesus Paid It All”. Think about these words…
“Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow.”
Jesus is the only one who can wash that stain away. He died for you and for me. He endured a horrible death for us. We haven’t done anything to deserve what He did for us. He did it because He has a tremendous amount of love for His creation.
So, with all of that in mind, I’ll end by asking the question, “Are you giving God the bare minimum?”
