How far can you get on partial obedience?  Is there even such a thing as “partial” obedience?  Wouldn’t that be called “disobedience”?  Just before entering the Promise Land, God warns His people to drive out “all” the inhabitants of the land.  He further says, destroy “all” their idols, and demolish “all” their places of worship.  God even warns them that if they don’t do this then those allowed to remain will become a pain in the neck and worse.  The ultimate caution is that God will do to Israel what He intended to do to the others. 

So, what do you do when you’ve had fair warning of the negative consequences?  If you’re simple, you just go right on ahead anyway.  How many of us have had the doctor,  counselor, minister, spouse or friend warn us about what will happen if we continue our current direction?  Yet, instead of being wise and listening to those bits of wisdom, we keep think somehow it won’t happen to us. 

Instead of getting rid of all the sin in our lives, we hesitate, often because it seems harmless and attractive.  We have these “idols” we don’t want to let go of, such as a bad habit, unhealthy relationship, or a certain life-style. 

Don’t believe the lie that you’re the exception and somehow you won’t have negative consequences for not fully obeying what you know God is speaking to you to do.  It may not happen today, next week or next month, but learn from the children of Israel, they will cause serious problems later. 

Perhaps you need to look again at what you’re allowing to hang around.