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One of my friends and I recently had a conversation about the C word… No, not Christ, not Church but COMMITMENT. We talked about how challenging it can be for us as believers to stay committed to the things God has called us to do.
I totally understood where she was coming from. I’m not always committed like I should so I was able to relate. However, at the end of the conversation we both agreed that we as Christians really don’t have a problem being committed. In fact, we fulfill commitments everyday.
We commit to brushing our teeth. Who says, “I don’t feel like brushing my teeth today.” We commit to going to work, out to different social events, even to putting gas in our cars when the light comes on. Who says, “I’m tired of putting gas in this car. I’m not doing it anymore!” No one! Why? Because we’re committed. So, our problem is not commitment our real problem is convenience.
We naturally do things that are convenient for us and being committed to God, His word and His ministry for our lives is not always convenient. It takes commitment to get up and pray every morning. It takes commitment to go to church when it’s raining cats and dogs outside. It takes commitment to love people who don’t love us back. However, we serve a God who is 100% committed to us! His committed is constant! What if He decided that He didn’t want to be committed anymore and stopped blessing us and stopped providing for us because for Him, everything that we needed Him to do for us just isn’t that convenient?
The Bible tells us in 2nd Chronicles 16:9 that God is looking for people whose hearts are fully committed to Him so that He can bless and use them. God doesn’t force Himself on us but if we actively chose to be in relationship with Him, He expects us to at least be committed to the relationship. Wouldn’t you want the same thing too? So, let’s be the women and men of God who honor our commitments to things of God even when it isn’t convenient. For our God, fulfilled the ultimate commitment by dying on the cross for our sins and we know that definitely wasn’t convenient.
-Crystal Denkins
