It's Complicated

(from Joshua Study)

“Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped.” (23:14 MSG)

“Say an unqualified Yes to God. (Josh 24:23)

Don’t wander off; stay committed to God.

It is tempting to idolize the same things as our ancestors, neighbors, and friends—or the same things that we ourselves worshipped in our past. Although I profess to be committed to God, I’m drawn to the ideas of this world. I don’t want to give myself up to Him. I would like a partial commitment.

Young couples these days tend to have several stages of commitment: (here are a few vaguely defined stages--not necessarily in order) ‘just hanging out’, ‘hooking-up’, ‘dating’, ‘friends with benefits,’ ‘in a relationship’ on FaceBook, ‘exclusive’, ‘living together’, engaged, ‘having a baby together’, ‘significant other’, ‘in a committed relationship’, marriage, ‘It’s complicated’…

The lines are intentionally blurry, because nobody wants to commit totally or say an ‘unqualified yes’ to anything.  

I’m not so young, yet I too am hesitant to say an unqualified yes to God—to totally commit myself to Him.  

“As for me and my family, we will worship God.” (24:15 MSG)

Yeah, I have a plaque inscribed with this on my kitchen windowsill—but as far as LIVING it—well… “It’s complicated.”