Depending upon who you are and where you live, expect to come in contact with various individuals. Some will appear confident, others lost and a few wander aimlessly throughout life wondering what to do next. As you watch people, there will be visible signs of a lack of commitment. For reasons unknown, passion is missing influencing souls to drift, float and abandon dreams before experiencing the fruit of their labor.
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established, Proverbs 16:3.
As a former cross country runner, the first day of practice revealed who put in the hard work over the summer and who didn’t. When you have to run between 6 and 10 miles each day during this initial week, you can’t fake it. You’re either in shape or struggling to survive. Until your body gets conditioned to twice the amount of a typical race, 3.1 miles, even great athletes will have a battle a mind telling you to slow down, stop or quit.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act, Psalm 37:5.
If you take the running illustration above and apply this to life, how you invest your time reveals your degree of commitment. On the other hand, those areas you avoid, forget or neglect, speak volumes of their importance within your life. Unfortunately, I currently find myself living a lie, stuck in a rut void of production. Thus, I need to re-evaluate my steps by turning my attention to the Lord above. When my commitment fueled by trusting in God takes hold, I expect the chains of uncommitment to be broken.
by Jay Mankus
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