The songs are more demanding

[ Give Of Your Best To The Master ]

1. Give of your best to the Master;
   Give of the strength of your youth;
   Throw your soul's fresh,
   glowing ardor Into the battle for truth.
   Jesus has set the example,
   Dauntless was He, young and brave;
   Give Him your loyal devotion,
   give Him the best that you have.
   
2. Give of your best to the Master;
   Naught else is worthy His love;
   He gave Himself for your ransom,
   Gave up His glory above;
   Laid down His life without murmur,
   You from sin's ruin to save;
   Give Him your heart's adoration,
   Give Him the best that you have.

Refrain:
Give of your best to the Master;
Give of the strength of your youth;
Clad in salvation's full armor, Join in the battle for truth.


Sometimes I find myself wondering if I even know what I am singing.
The songs are more demanding than I think as I sing.
This song's pattern is something like this:

A command: give of your best to the Master
Reasons:
1) Because Jesus did it, and we are to follow him.
2) Because he is super awesome: He gave you His best.

These 2 reasons ought to inspire us to give our best to God. But do I consider its implications?
For starters, what will giving my best be?
When I wake up in the morning and the first thing I do is to check my phone... am I giving my best?
When I busy myself the whole day and give those struggling moments before bed to Him, am I giving my best?
When only the morsels of time I spend alone (walking alone, or on the bus alone) I give to Him, am I giving my best?
When working on my Sunday school lesson I let myself be distracted with facebook and youtube, have I given Him the best?

What would giving God the best look like? How intentional will it be? How freaky will it sound like to an unbeliever, how much of a difference will it be?
As I reach this consideration, I feel sort of alone. I don't even know if any Christians will be willing to try, with me, to live their lives giving their best to God. It's only 11:30, I'm done with Sunday school planning (more or less). This morning... not bad la.

How indeed, how shall I live the next 3 hours giving my best to you?