Committed

         I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him. –Spurgeon

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

            In a day and age when commitment is thrown out the window, we are still faced with this one truth that will never change- John 14:6, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Are you truly committed to Christ or are you just playing games?

COMMITTED

            Be dogmatically true, obstinately holy, immovably honest, desperately kind, fixedly upright. -Spurgeon

Hebrews 13:5, Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

            We never have to worry about the Lord being unfaithful to us because He has promised in His Word to never leave us nor forsake us. He will always be there in every turn we make in life. Even in the bad turns we make the Lord is there to help us clean up the mess we make.

            On this Sunday morning, are you planning on going to church? Have you made up your mind nothing will keep you from attending the service, whether online, drive up, or in person? Or have you not decided yet? Here let me help… BE COMMITTED! GET UP, GET READY, and GO TO CHURCH!

BE COMMITTED

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to him. –Spurgeon

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Psalm 37:4-6

Being committed to something or someone takes time, effort, and most of all love. Think about this for a minute; how much time has the Lord invested in you?—“before the foundation of the world” How much effort has the Lord invested in you?—“he gave his only begotten Son” How much love has He given you?— In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9

            If He has done all of this for you and I, shouldn’t we be committed to what He has commanded us to? Shouldn’t we be committed to what He has called us to? Shouldn’t we be committed to what He commissioned us to? Shouldn’t we remain committed???

COMMITTED UNTO DEATH

Death to the Christian is the funeral of all his sorrows and evils, and the resurrection of all his joys. –Aughey

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2:8

How is your devotion to the Lord? If someone were to inspect your life after you died, would there be enough evidence left behind to convict you of being a Christian? Would someone say, this man or woman had been with Jesus?

I can think of many heroes of our faith that has left behind testimony after testimony of God’s faithfulness in their life. David Livingston, Kenneth Cates, Mary Slessor, George Mueller, and Curtis Hudson are a few. Never heard of them? Grab a book or do a Google search for them. They are great reads of modern day Missionaries serving God by faith in miraculous ways! They were committed unto death.