What is commitment ?
It is something that we all struggle with or we have a reputation for avoiding. It is something that we are called to, and something that we must all do at some point in our lives.
When we are committed, we are put into charge or trust or obligate. Most of us like to be in charge and trusted, but few like to be obligated to. To be obligated to means to sacrifice. Most of us want all of the benefits that come along with commitment, without incurring extra work
So often, we fail so miserably in our commitments to God, to our churches, to our families, and to our jobs.
Since we are the one to make the commitment, so we are responsible for keeping them, no matter how difficult it may be at times. If we fail to keep a commitment, it would have been better had we never made the commitment in the first place.
Jesus tells us in the Scriptures that, of those who are given much, much will be expected in return. We cannot be committed to anything without giving of ourselves on a regular basis.
If we commit ourselves to do something, we should make sure that we can carry out that commitment. Perhaps that may require us to sacrifice something else that we would have liked to have done.
Commitment takes sacrifice, but the results are well worth the effort. As Christians, we should follow the example of Christ, who made the supreme sacrifice to fulfill His commitment to God and to us.
Luke 12:48b
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
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