Lifelong and Daily Commitment
to the Lord
"If you can't find a
cause to die for, you've got nothing to live for."
(Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr)
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(Mat 16:24-25 KJV)
Then said Jesus
unto his disciples,
If any man will
come after me,
let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me.
{25} For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it:
and whosoever will lose
his life for my sake shall find it.
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COMMITMENT
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I'm part of the fellowship of the
unashamed.
I have stepped over the line.
The decision has
been made.
I'm a disciple of Jesus Christ.
I won't look back, let up, slow down,
back away, or be still.
My past is redeemed, my present
makes sense, my future is secure.
I'm finished and done with low
living, sight walking, small planning,
smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed
visions, mundane talking,
cheap living, and dwarfed
goals.
I no longer need preeminence,
prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or
popularity.
I don't have to be right,
first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded.
I now live by faith, lean on His
presence, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by
power.
My face is set, my gait is fast, my
goal is heaven, my road is narrow,
my way rough, my companions
few, my Guide reliable, my mission clear.
I cannot be bought, deluded, or
delayed.
I will not flinch in the face of
sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary,
negotiate at the table of the enemy,
or meander in the maze of mediocrity.
I won't give up, shut up, let up,
until I have stayed up, stored up,
prayed up, paid up, preached up for the cause of Christ.
I am a disciple of
Jesus.
I must go till He comes, give till I
drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops
me.
And when He comes for His own,
He will have no problem recognizing me - my banner will be clear!
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Commitment
The Webster's Dictionary gives this
definition for the term, "to commit" : "The delivery of a person or thing into
the care or safe-keeping of another." The Hebrew meaning of the word "commit"
has the sense of rolling your burden onto another.
The Greek idea of "commit" means to
place something into trust with another.
Prov 3:5-6 (KJV)
Trust in the LORD
with all thine heart;
and lean not unto
thine own understanding.
{6} In all
thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy
paths.
Psa 37:3-11 (KJV)
Trust in the LORD, and
do good;
so shalt
thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
{4}
Delight thyself also in the LORD;
and he shall give
thee the desires of thine heart.
{5} Commit
thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him;
and he shall bring
it to pass.
{6}
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the
light,
and thy
judgment as the noonday.
{7} Rest
in the LORD, and wait patiently for him:
fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth in his way,
because of the man who
bringeth wicked devices to pass.
{8}
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:
fret not thyself
in any wise to do evil.
{9} For
evildoers shall be cut off:
but those that
wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
{10} For
yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:
yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall not
be.
{11}
But the meek shall inherit the earth;
and shall delight
themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psa
55:22 (KJV)
Cast thy burden
upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee:
he shall never suffer
the righteous to be moved.
Prov 16:3 (KJV)
Commit thy works
unto the LORD,
and thy thoughts
shall be established.
Mat 6:24-33 (KJV)
No man can serve two
masters:
for either he
will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.
{25}
Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought
for your life,
what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink;
nor yet for your
body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life
more than meat, and the body than raiment?
{26}
Behold the fowls of the air:
for they sow not,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them.
Are ye not much
better than they?
{27} Which
of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
{28} And
why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not,
neither do they spin:
{29} And
yet I say unto you,
That even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
{30}
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,
which to day is, and to
morrow is cast into the oven,
shall he
not much more clothe you,
O ye of little
faith?
{31}
Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we
eat? or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed?
{32} (For
after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
{33}
But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things
shall be added unto you.
Phil 4:6-9 (KJV)
Be careful{Grk=full
of cares} for nothing;
but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let your
requests be made known unto God.
{7} And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
{8}
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things
are of good report;
if there be any
virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these
things.
{9} Those
things, which ye have both learned, and received,
and heard, and
seen in me, do:
and the God of peace
shall be with you.
1 Pet 5:5-7 (KJV)
Likewise, ye younger,
submit yourselves unto the elder.
Yea, all of
you be subject one to another,
and be clothed
with humility:
for God resisteth
the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
{6} Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
that he may
exalt you in due time:
{7}
Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for
you.
James 4:13-15 (KJV)
Go to now{=come, now},
ye that say,
To day or to morrow we
will go into such a city,
and
continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
{14}
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your
life?
It is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time,
and then vanisheth
away.
{15}
For that ye ought to say,
If the Lord will,
we shall live, and do this, or that.
1 Pet 4:19 (KJV)
Wherefore let them that
suffer according to the will of God
commit the keeping of
their souls to him in well doing,
as unto a
faithful Creator.
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