Your Daily Devotional for June 29, 2007

 

June 29,  2007

 

 

Committment

by Dr. Paul Chappell

 

 

"Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."

 

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

 

 

In our world today, it seems as if commitment is becoming a thing of the past. Many people are not fully committed to their sports teams, jobs, or their hobbies. Many times we as Christians move our loyalties and even our beliefs to accommodate ourselves more than our Saviour. Sometimes God is little more than a 911 number in our lives. But God does not wish to merely meet with us when we are in need. He desires for us to be committed to Him.

 

As we see in our verses today, our Christian lives should evidence loyalty or commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ is the center of our faith and we must center our lives around Him. He is committed to providing a home in Heaven for us and to provide for us daily, yet we are many times not very committed to Him. God desires that we be committed to Him in several ways.

 

First, we must be committed to showing Christ's mercy to others. First Timothy 1:13 says, "Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief." Paul says that even though he was once a sinner, God saw fit to extend His mercy to him. When Christ saved us, He extended His mercy to us and forgave us of our sins. Christ desires that we walk in Him by showing His mercy to others. We must tell others what Christ did for them and of His love for them. We must show mercy to others as we have a committed walk with God.

 

Not only should we be committed to show others Christ's mercy, but we must be committed to the Word of God as well. Second Corinthians 2:17 says, "For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ." We must stay faithful to God's Word and its teachings. The devil will many times try to pull us away from God's Word, but we must remain committed to the Word of God.

 

Former President Teddy Roosevelt once said, "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." There will be people who seek to test our commitment to God. They will strive to pull us away from walking with God, but we must remain committed to Him. We must commit to walk with God no matter what comes our way.

 

Are you committed to God? Are you faithfully telling others of Christ and remaining faithful to God's Word? Spend time with God right now and commit to walking with Him no matter what comes your way today.

 

 

 

Daily Bible Reading

Job 14-16 • Acts 9:22-43

 

 

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