blog 20: commitment issues
It’s hard to commit isn’t it? There’s always the question.. Am I sure?I mean for me I’ve always kinda been a just do it type of person, without really thinking. Then change my mind the next day. I never fully committed to anything.
I remember this time I had long hair, almost to my hip. As i;m going blonde I decide I would like to have purple in my hair, I committed to purple… I hated it. That very same night …in a storm mind you!…I drive to my friends house and chop it off to my shoulders! Talk about commitment! One of the many times I switched things up. My mom would always say I was very….”fickle” is the word she used.
Fickle: changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.
I was constantly changing , I needed the next new thing, the next fix, the next thrill. I got bored and idle with life and sadly with people too. I had commitment issues.
I’ve had to learn to stay. To commit.
Even in the hardest of times I’ve learned this lesson…you stay to what you committed yourself to, you stick it out, you fight! For so long I was use to just giving up, or moving on to the next thing. This whole commitment thing was strange to me. Till I met Jesus.
Luke 14:16-24The Parable of the Great Banquet
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet…
These people were too busy for Jesus. They had different commitments , more important ones. We can be like that huh? Yeah , no I can’t I made plans. Church? Today? Oh no, I have a date, im going on vacation. I’m tired, I have too much work to do. It’s Christmas time I have to shop. And on and on with excuses. We don’t really commit to Jesus. Ya we go to church on Sunday .. we carve out 1 maybe 2 hours a week for Jesus but are we committed to Him? Its good to be committed to work, family, friends and your household BUT it can never take the place of the commitment we have to Jesus.
So why? Why can’t we commit to Jesus?
We don’t know Him. If you knew Him , you’d love Him.
If you knew Him , you’d get it.
If you knew Him, you would say yes to things of Him and NO to things that are not of Him
If you knew Him. You. Would. Commit.
What does commitment even look like? I mean for me it reminds me of my marriage. I’m in love with my husband. I want to make him happy and please him. That is one of my goals and aims as a wife. So it is with Jesus , shouldn’t THAT be the goal? Are we aiming to please Him? Are we trying to get to know what even pleases Him? Are we trying to find out what He wants for us not just what we want for ourselves? I mean if He made us wouldn’t He know what’s better for us then what we believe to be best??
Or is it all about US and our commitments
Just like the parable, “I just got married I can’t.” I mean…understandable? The guy just wants to be with his new wife Yeno? (Wink wink)I get it! He just got married! BUT!!!
he didn’t KNOW who was calling for him.
He didn’t KNOW the person who was inviting him.
He didn’t KNOW what a honor and privilege it was to be called!
He didn’t KNOW…
If he knew he would’ve put EVERYTHING aside and went. He could’ve even taken his new wife I’m sure! But he didn’t know.
He didn’t grasp who was calling for him. Who was inviting him, and sadly that is us.
You see we make excuses. It’s very easy because our lives are busy busy busy. Trust me I get it. But when you KNOW who’s calling to you , who’s asking you to put your life down and follow HIM when you KNOW HIM….you will not be afraid to commit. You won’t have to count the cost when you KNOW Him.
The more I commit myself to Jesus the more I fall in love with Him. He has never ever failed me, not in providing , not in sustaining me , not in filing me with joy , covering me with peace , breaking off depression and anxiety! No! He has never ever failed me. No matter where I find myself HE COMES THROUGH FOR ME! So yeah, of course I’ll commit to Him! Even when I’ve been through the darkest darks in my walk He has still seen me through.
Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
When you know Him you will commit fully to Him. It may be scary in the beginning, but the more you get to know Him through the word, through hard times. The more you will grow in you commitment to what He asks of you.
My prayer for you is that you would come to KNOW Him. You would see the importance of committing your whole life to Jesus. I pray that you would put away the excuses! That you would stop putting it off another day to really serve Him with your whole heart. I pray agaisnt the lies of the enemy that tell you its too hard, that drive fear into you with the word commitment IN THE NAME OF JESUS. Don’t be like these people who made excuses. Serve God whole hearty today. He’s calling for you.
LOVE YOU FRIENDS.
ONE LOVE
