The word com·mit·ment [kə mítmənt] means responsibility: something that takes up time or energy, especially an obligation.

It also means something that is done with all might.  Now that we are examining ourselves, if we had known all the good benefits of and the positive resultsof some things, we would have been more committed to it. If we take our careers, finances, families, education, or even our relationships, we will find, that if we were more committed, we could have been farther along.

Now, that we have thought about things in our lives, most certainly our life with Jesus Christ should have come up. The most important question we must ask ourselves is how committed are we to GOD? God has committed himself to us much more than we commit to him.

We see that “God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, and whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life” JHN 3:16; I know that some may say “I ‘ve known that since my early days of Sunday School”. But have you ever wondered what would have happened to us if God would not have committed himself to US? God, in his loving way, committed himself through Jesus Christ on Calvary’s Cross just so that we may have a right to Eternal Life. He did not wait on us to figure out if we were going to commit or not; he did it “while we were yet sinners” Rms 5:8-9, and because of that LOVE, we can be with the Lord forever.

Let us now examine our commitment to God (Oh! I better not go there). I know that many things have been thrown at us, by the devil, to break our commitment to God. Many of us have just forgot the important commitment and sacrifice that Jesus himself have done to and for us; we have put things, people, and even our feeling before our commitment to God. Some of us have simply given up. But before you quit, let me say this! There is a joy that comes in our commitment to God; it sometimes doesn’t feel good, but this joy passes our understanding. Meaning that Jesus was so committed to do the will of the Father, that in spite of all the bad and negative things that he knew was going to happen to him, he pushed all feelings, all hurts, and all things that was not like God to the side and accomplished that what he promised (HEB 12:2). And the joy came when man was reconciled back with God. So before we give up, consider him! Heb 12:3.

Before my closing, I want to issue this challenge toward our commitment to God. Can you push away all of your fears of being totally committed to God in 2007? Can you look pass your feelings and be totally committed to Godin 2007? Can you let go of things that are causing you not to be totally committed in 2007?