What if I Had Given Everything?

1 Corinthians 10:31:  So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

  What if I had given everything?  This is a question I ask myself often.  The reason I ask this to myself is because I find Christians, such as us, often "go through the motions".  We go to church, we pray.  You get the idea, we do everything we should do as Christians, but ONLY because we're EXPECTED to or for a good REPUTATION.  Remember this: "Reputation is what people think you are. character is truly what you are.  Take care of your character, and your reputation will take care of itself."
  We shouldn't have to be told to give everything.  We're told to in the Bible.  Joe Namath, the quarterback that led the New York Jets to their first Suber Bowl win, once said: "If you aren't going all the way, why are you going?"  This is a great question that today's Christians must ask.  Why do you do what you do for Christ?  Is there any motivation for glorifying the "One who made you".  Why do you go through the persecution?  Is there a greater reason for doing things for Christ?  I say, "Yes." If there's no motivation in what we do, why are we doing the things of Christ?  We are better off doing drugs or alcohol than doing the things of Christ if our motivation is not to glorify Him and bring others to Him and ourselves closer to Him.
  In the end, what everyone else thought about you won't matter.  Only God's opinion counts.  It won't matter if you had a good reputation or not.  He'll look only on what you did with a willing, whole heart.  So, in closing, what will you do?  Will you continue through the never-ending cycle of "the motions"?  Or, will you join Christ, and NOT have to ask, "What if I had given everything?"
 

What I''ve Come To

  I always wonder, "Why, God, why?"  I can never get the thought that I'm just not good enough.  I struggle with my parents.  I can NEVER please them.  I wonder what God says about this.  I'm in an almost strained inner-relationship with them.  It begins and ends in argument.  Why does God not STOP what's happening?  I've given EVERY ounce of sweat JUST to make this work.  It WAS getting better.  Then, it just stopped, like a train.  Why does God STOP what He STARTS?  I just don't get it.  Do I believe in a God that doesn't care?  I know that's a stupid question, but I wonder.  What's the answer to it?  I've got so many questions that don't have answers.  That's the hard part.  I, to put it simply, don't know what to believe anymore.  I'm beginning to regret my decision for Christ.  Life didn't become harder, it became IMPOSSIBLE to believe almost anything.  Well, now you know what's been on my mind the last few weeks.