This Sunday is “Commitment Sunday”. Or using the words from a recent Dear Church it is a time to renew our promises to each other and to God and remind ourselves of our commitment to love and obey the heavenly Father who has made His love real for us in His Son Jesus Christ.
The bible is full of examples of commitment: Abraham followed God’s command to leave his home for an undisclosed destination (read Gen. 12); Isaac was willing to sacrifice his own son (Gen. 22:2); and then there was Naomi and Ruth. For each of these the commitment was open ended, they did not know where it would lead or how it would end but they made their commitment and stuck to it. But the most unbelievable example is God’s commitment to us which is summed up in Romans 5:8 “But God demon-strates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” The Old Testament people responded to God’s commands; but we respond to His Love and Grace through faith (and even that faith is a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). So why should we not commit to our gracious and loving God who has “rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom of the Son he loves: in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins”. (Colossians 1:13)
And on top of all this, we are children of the living God (not adopted but born again as full members of His family).
The OT people committed to obey; we commit to receive God’s blessing and SHARE IT!
David Taylor
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