Commitment

Commitment: The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause or activity. 

"And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground."
Luke 22:44

Great way to start a blog right? No warm up just a direct hit on a topic many of us have struggled with. Now I seem to have it right but in my days of addiction that word meant nothing to me. But then, I met Jesus and I read things like the above which demonstrated to me both the humanity of Him and the dedication to his commitment to die for us.

Anguish, yes! The thought often of keeping our commitments can be like that so deeply felt that we have a massive internal struggle to keep it or not. But now, many years removed from those bad days I understand how important it is not only to me but to those it will have an impact on. God kept his to us, why can't I do it for  you?

Take a read in Daniel 3 of those three brave Jewish boys Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego whenever you are weakening, thinking of bailing out, and remember not only that Jesus died for us in a painful and horrific way, but that the faith to believe in him propels us to summon courage to die to ourselves and our selfishness as well.

Say to yourself - I am keeping my commitment no matter what!