Less Isn’t More

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Romans 12:1 (ESV)

“Less is more” is the golden rule of womanhood. My mom and grandma hammered that mindset into me ever since I bought my first lip gloss. When applying makeup, always put on less than you think you actually need. You don’t want your face to look ghostly because you put on too much foundation, and you definitely don’t want to put on too much eye liner or else you’ll have raccoon eyes. Take one piece of jewelry off before you leave your house. The basic principle is that it’s easier to add on than to take off.

Less isn’t always more, though, especially when wanting to develop a deeper relationship with God. He encourages us to cake on His foundation – His holy word. He longs for us to draw thick, dark lines with our pencils in our prayer journals. He yearns for us to adorn ourselves with virtues and fruits of the Spirit. Too often we apply the golden rule of womanhood to our relationship with our Heavenly Father, wrongly thinking that we can get by with a quick prayer of thanks for the new day and a glance at the Bible verse posted on our refrigerators. God doesn’t want less. He wants more than more; He wants our all.

PRAYER: Lord, forgive me for holding back on you and for not giving you all that You deserve. Help me to give you everything I am. Amen.