Los Angeles Laker forward Ron Artest, when recently asked about his commitment to a vegan lifestyle, answered: “About 80 percent. I like pork chops.”

Sadly, this is too much like a lot of people’s commitment to Jesus Christ. They are with him about 80 percent, which might sound pretty good until you think about what the 20 percent consists of. Some might say, “I follow Jesus about 80 percent of the time, but I like ____________.” They fill in the blank with activities that are very un-Christlike, such as: “to stay home from church on Sunday”, “to gossip”, “to have sex with someone to whom I’m not married”, “to use vulgar language”, “to get drunk occasionally”, “to be greedy”.

The list could go on and on. What might become your “pork chop”?

Hebrews 12:1 says, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”