Fully Committed (Daily Refresh, 12-29-25)

“And may your hearts be fully committed to the Lord our God, to live by His decrees and obey His commands, as at this time.”
1 Kings 8:61

These words are part of King Solomon’s prayer of dedication at the completion of the temple in Jerusalem. It was a moment of celebration and fulfillment, a physical reminder that God was dwelling among His people. But Solomon didn’t want a beautiful building. He wanted a faithful people.

Not halfway committed. Not when commitment is convenient. Not when you feel like committing.

Fully committed.

It’s easy to drift into partial commitment: reading your Bible when life slows down and you can find the time, praying only when things go wrong, showing up to church when your family has a free weekend. But Solomon’s prayer still calls to us today, and it’s clear: be all-in with your faith.

So what could full commitment look like in your everyday life? Here are four things you and your family can do to build a life that’s fully committed to the Lord:

– Read your Bible daily. Not out of guilt, but out of hunger. Let God’s Word shape your thoughts and decisions.
– Pray continually. As 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says, keep an ongoing conversation with God through every moment, big and small.
– Be rooted in your church. Attend regularly. Serve consistently. Don’t just go … belong!
– Live in obedience. When God speaks, follow. His commands aren’t burdens; they’re the path to real freedom.

Full commitment isn’t perfection, it’s direction. It means you’ve set your heart fully toward God and you’re pursuing Him with all you have.

My Thoughts

When I read this devotional today, my first and very self-righteous thought was that I am already fully committed. But then, I read it again more carefully and see some areas that I need to work on.

First, I do read God’s Word daily, but sometimes I think it is because it is a habit, a something I need to do before I do other things. I need to work on my attitude so that it is more of a hungering for His Word and not the first thing on my to-do list.

Second, I am rooted in our church but I don’t always feel as though I belong. We had a fundraising campaign last year called “all in” and I did not participate. The main reason is that they do a new campaign every year at our church, just giving it a different name, so that they can expand, build, etc. I’m not opposed to that, but it was getting tiresome to me and more of a competition to give rather than giving from the heart. I need to check that out in me and ask God what He wants me to do when their new campaign starts at the beginning of the new year. I think I am still holding on to a little resentment that I cannot fully participate in the services because of how loud the music is. I am wearing noise cancelling headphones every week now.

I am working on listening to and following God. That is now always easy for me because I am a natural organizer. If God let me loose, I would probably try to organize things in His kingdom in a way that would be easier for me to understand, but He reins me in and reminds me that I am a follower, not the chief leading the parade.

So this is honestly me. I am all in, with all that I have and anticipating God’s working in my life in new ways for the new year. How about you? Are you fully committed?