One Cheekin' It

Sunday morning in worship at our church some friends of ours performed a sketch about Jesus having full control of us. The plot was that the lady gave Jesus "The Chair"... you know the chair that the person who makes all the decisions gets to sit it. She gives it to Jesus only to find when put in a seemingly tough situation (like shopping even though you're supposed to be on a budget) she wants to push him out of the chair so she can make her own choice! Sometime in the middle of the sketch she's sitting on half of the chair and 'Jesus' says "I'm kind of one cheekin' it here... what's the deal? I thought you said you wanted me to sit here?" By the end of it she has crawled on top of him and the chair trying to get herself in the chair ALONG WITH Him. Obviously it doesn't work. There's only room for one of them.

It was a funny sketch that had a really powerful message. But the more I've thought about it, the more God has used it to convict me. How often do I try to scoot Him over? How many times do I pull the chair out from underneath Him? How many times do I never even offer Him a seat or better yet not allow Him in the same room as the chair? Seriously. Oh sure, it's easy to sing "Jesus take the wheel..." whenever I hear that song come on the radio. But how often do I give Him complete control of every decision made in my life?

Verses like, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:4,

"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 confuse me at times. Did God really mean all of my heart... really?? The answer is YES!! Why in the world would He say it over and over in scripture from the Old Testament all the way through the New Testament if He didn't mean it? He wants all of me. Complete control.

I don't want Jesus to 'One Cheek it' on my decision making, I want Him to have all of me. All my heart, all my soul, all my mind and all my strength.