"Giving Your All"

"Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore." (Psalms 37:27) You ever have a dream that was just plain stupid? Well how about a Santa for every age? Yes, you heard me right; I saw a sign, much like a gas station sign, which said "A Santa for Every Age"; and then looking into the lot, there was a store with about twenty or so Santa Clauses looking out into the parking lot, waiting for customers to enter in; and they were of all different ages, some old, some young, some looked as though they were in their teens. The weirdest thing that I remember, was that no one was buying, so they went out and met people on the street; and whom ever they would meet, that particular Santa had something special for that particular person, and it ministered to them for a time that had previously changed their life; whether that was when they had received something that they forgot all about, or the death of someone special whom they had also forgot about. You can't make this stuff up; it just shows up, and then you either deal with it, or you write it off as just plain stupid. Anywho; continuing on with "The Good and the Bad", as with every journey that we take, there are always good and bad choices that are to be made; and you really don't have to venture out very far in order to have to make a choice; you could have a choice to make before you even get out of bed. As I was praying this morning, I felt the Lord speaking into my heart; it was a still small voice, that simply said, "Give Me your all". And as I pondered what was mine and what was His, He said it again, "Give Me your all"; until I remembered the words that Jesus spoke when He was asked, "What is the greatest command of God?", and how each and every part involved the word "ALL", as in, "All thy heart, all the mind, all thy soul, and all thy strength". There is a point at which doing good is not just the right thing, but it is the "ALL" thing; which means, that it is the part of giving our all to the One who gave His all for us; not because it is a command, but because His love commands it: the greatest love of all, commands all of our love. The word "depart" is a word that primarily means to turn away, or turn aside; much as you would turn from something that is going to hurt you, such a an oncoming car, or a fierce dog running towards you; because that is what "evil" is, it's a bad bad thing, and it must be avoided; otherwise it is going to steal something from you, something that has to do with "ALL"... "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Luke 16:10-13)