Commitment..

Imagine that you are out for your first skydiving lesson. Your instructor demands that you must follow orders quickly and completely for everyones safety. Once you're given the signal to jump from the plane you have one split second to jump from the plane because everyone has to jump at the same altitude. As the airplane circles higher and higher you start to obsess, Can i do this? Will my chute open? Will i survive? Jumping from the known safety of the plane requires all out commitment. You can't go half way; you have to risk all and go for it or stay where you are comfortably unchallenged. God instructed the Israelites to make a total commitment using his parachute to jump into the unknown of the following his will and leave behind the comfortable sins and addictions. At first they were afraid. They weren't sure they wanted to put their lives in his hands should they risk and jump or stay in the plane where they weren't free but felt safer? This is one decision you don't have to stress about the chute God himself packed for you is guaranteed to open. Commit everything about your life, future, desires, passions, dreams, friends, goals and word to god and he will free you from your enemies. He'll safely bring you into his great big plans that you never thought were possible!

1 Samuel 7:3
Samuel spoke to the whole group of Israel saying "if you're turning back to the lord with all your hearts you must remove your foreign gods and idols of ashtorthe you must give yourselves fully to the lord and serve only him then he will save you from the philistines."

I came across this in my bible and i thought it was really cool. (: