Committed for Life
Commitment: so many people take it for granted. Lately God has been dealing with me about this. When I think of commitment, I think of what one lover shows to another. I think of an undying bond that holds two people together. That’s true, but there is much more to it than that. If you have been in a relationship of any sort, you know what I mean. You want that special someone to hold and cherish you no matter what you go through. No matter what happens, you hope they will be right by your side “through thick or thin.” Sadly this is misconstrued nowadays. But God, our Lord and Savior, still wants us to be completely committed to Him. Just as one lover feels that way toward their significant other, Jesus the “lover of our souls” wants us to be completely committed to Him.
Being human, we pick up ways that we should act from the way other people act. It’s human nature. A little boy watches his dad as his dad treats his wife with compassion and love, and later he shows the same commitment to his own wife. The problem is that the world we are grabbing stuff from has tainted commitment. No longer does one man marry one woman and stay with her the rest of his life. He cheats on her, sleeps around and ends up divorcing her. Commitment only lasts a night. Jesus never intended this. Jesus doesn’t want us to have this kind of mindset. He wants us to be commited to other people, and more importantly, He wants us to be committed to Him.
Job is someone in the Bible who shows true commitment. He was committed to God even when the devil came along and took everything he had. He was committed to God even when his wife came and cursed him for not cursing God. He was committed to God in everything, and in the end he was rewarded for it. That’s the true meaning of commitment. That’s the kind of commitment I dream for. Not just with a lovely young lady someday but also with my heavenly father — the one who died on the cross to save me, the one that was whipped, beaten and bruised for me. He loved us so much and was so committed to us that he bled and died for us.
Just as I would gladly give my life for the person God gives me, I want to be so committed to God that even if I am threatened with death I’ll stand and say, “I am committed to Jesus and nothing you say can sway me from the love I have for him.” To some people this may seem impossible, but to me this is reality. It’s time to learn the true meaning of commitment. No more games. God is looking for true, loving, honest people to be completely one hundred percent sold out for him.
Lastly, God wants us to be committed to the harvest with the same mindset and the same exuberance as we would with that significant other. We need to be sold out for this. Because the harvest is large but the labourers are few. We need to stand up and be the men and women God has made us to be. We need to have the passion and drive to be committed to this no matter what.
Committed for life. That’s what I want.
Thats awesome.
WOW! That is SOOO true. These words both challenged me and encouraged me Zac!
Amen. 100% committment is the only kind that will work in marriage and in our relationship with God!