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Indeed, any thing or any one that we love equal to or more than God - if even for a moment - is an idol to us.

A moment in time. That is a good question, Sister Alamo, that jumps at us in the question of "Give your all to...?"

Is what we spend our time doing an indication of what we hold in highest regard?

At what point do our explanations of why we spend time the way we do become excuses for not spending more time with God?

At what amount of time should we be concerned that we truly do not have God as the One to whom we "Give our all...?"

Indeed, any thing or any one that we love equal to or more than God - if even for a moment - is an idol to us.

A moment in time. That is a good question, Sister Alamo, that jumps at us in the question of “Give your all to...?”

Is what we spend our time doing an indication of what we hold in highest regard?

At what point do our explanations of why we spend time the way we do become excuses for not spending more time with God?

At what amount of time should we be concerned that we truly do not have God as the One to whom we “Give our all...?”

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EXCELLENT POINTS.

Thank you oh so very much for your wonderful insights and questions, dear brother in Christ!

Is what we spend our time doing an indication of what we hold in highest regard?

In our "elective" time, I'd say yes. To a teenage girl obsessed with her boyfriend, he is her top priority even though she is sleeping eight hours a day, going to school, doing homework, eating lunch, etc. She thinks about him at night going to bed, daydreams about him while at school, talks about him to her friends, can't wait to see him, etc.

At what point do our explanations of why we spend time the way we do become excuses for not spending more time with God?

IMHO, when the explanation becomes an excuse.

At what amount of time should we be concerned that we truly do not have God as the One to whom we "Give our all...?"

I don't think it can be quantified. But my brother taught me an exercise that makes the point quite well.

Namely, write down your priorities as you see them, e.g. 1) God, 2) Family, 3) Country...

Then ask your friends to write down your priorities as they see them in you (what you say and do.)

If there is a difference, there is a problem.

To God be the glory, not man, never man.