Wednesday, June 2, 2010

COMMITMENT
How can I remain focused in my commitment to God?

Scriptures To Consider:
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:11-13 (NIV)

And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.
Romans 2:16 (NLT)

Big T's Thought To Ponder:
My first thought: We must go directly to our eternal resource, the Creator of all things. Only there can we see the perfected and flawless example of what commitment looks like. Biblical commitment is the Sovereignty of God's Character!

Two extraordinary examples of the character and commitment of the Almighty "I AM", that we will forever have an impossible time getting our finite minds around, are: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son"... John 3:16a "For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you, He will not fail you or forsake you"... Deuteronomy 31:6c

By God's Divine Design, we were made to be committed! "So God created man in His own image"... Genesis 1:27a. Our capacity to commit comes through God's Grace and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit - Acts 1:4-8. "If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Luke 11:13

One commitment we are all called to make: A commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

How can we remain focused in our commitment to God? As we can see, it's all about God! He is the provider of all things, our love; our joy; our peace; our patience; our kindness; our goodness... faithfulness... gentleness... self-control... strength and our wisdom!

Commit to daily prayer:

A simple structure for effective prayer is "A.C.T.S.":

  • Adoration: Simply acknowledge God for who He is, His greatness and His holiness...
  • Confession: Confess any sin in your life and ask for deliverance and brokenness...
  • Thanksgiving: Thank God for all things, His creation, His provision, Our salvation and His answers to your prayers
  • Supplication: Ask God to supply your needs, ask Him to provide all you need to do all he asks of you...
"I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."
1 Timothy 2:1-6

Commit to reading, meditating, memorizing & internalizing the Word:

Read something from scripture every day and meditate on what God would have you understand from it. "Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ."
Romans 10:17

Commit to serve others:


A great place to begin serving is at home, at work and at church. "As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
1 Peter 4:10-11

Commit to trusting your Savior:

This is our most critical commitment and primary focus! It all starts with trusting and surrendering to self and then committing to these other God Breathed instructions for becoming Christ like.

"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
Romans 10:9-10

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6


God's Truth & Promises:
If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to your mountain, "MOVE!" and it WILL move... and NOTHING will be impossible for YOU!
Matthew 17:20

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:25-34
Love the LORD your God with all your Heart, with all your Soul, with all your Mind and all your Strength!
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