ReThiNk and ReNeW!!!
Commitment: defined as the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself. I sometimes wonder why it is that people have such a problem with it. I was reading in the paper today about Law Day (a day when legal professionals get out of their offices to engage in services that aren't usually on their agendas). They helped clean up a delapidated property by giving of themselves for a greater cause!
They got their hands dirty. I wonder if people understand the greater cause of Christ...it seems like we go around living in fear of what might happen if we actually got busy. Or we live in denial thinking we couldn't possibly make a difference. Cancer Walks, Benifit Poker Runs, Community Watch, Law Day...all great causes! And I believe God works through those causes through the passions of the people He created, but the greater message of Christ is not some abstract concept to be merely talked about, rather, it's a practical one as well. A cause that brings a message of hope and love to a world that can't seem to cope with themselves; a cause that listens as an overwhelmed mother struggles to raise her kids alone; a cause that makes people feel valued and loved and appreciated; a cause that gives a teenager hope and guidance to make the right choices and feel accepted. This is the greater cause of Christ, not to be saved from hell in the hereafter, but to experience Heaven right here where we are, through our daily walk and lifestyle. Why would we not want to commit, to pledge ourselves publically, to engage ourselves with a body of believers who share the same passion to work to see the cause grow? Membership with a local Church is not about a formality so you have your name on some roster (or withdrawl it from another one), it's about getting busy doing Kingdom work and declaring to everyone else that, you too, share the same passion that the message and work of Christ can bring hope and love to a hurting world who needs Him.
Commitment: sitting on the sidelines, doing something only once in a while, saying "but what about me?", Baptism? Really? nahhh, not for me.
I Challange all of us to reThink and reNew ourselves...
They got their hands dirty. I wonder if people understand the greater cause of Christ...it seems like we go around living in fear of what might happen if we actually got busy. Or we live in denial thinking we couldn't possibly make a difference. Cancer Walks, Benifit Poker Runs, Community Watch, Law Day...all great causes! And I believe God works through those causes through the passions of the people He created, but the greater message of Christ is not some abstract concept to be merely talked about, rather, it's a practical one as well. A cause that brings a message of hope and love to a world that can't seem to cope with themselves; a cause that listens as an overwhelmed mother struggles to raise her kids alone; a cause that makes people feel valued and loved and appreciated; a cause that gives a teenager hope and guidance to make the right choices and feel accepted. This is the greater cause of Christ, not to be saved from hell in the hereafter, but to experience Heaven right here where we are, through our daily walk and lifestyle. Why would we not want to commit, to pledge ourselves publically, to engage ourselves with a body of believers who share the same passion to work to see the cause grow? Membership with a local Church is not about a formality so you have your name on some roster (or withdrawl it from another one), it's about getting busy doing Kingdom work and declaring to everyone else that, you too, share the same passion that the message and work of Christ can bring hope and love to a hurting world who needs Him.
Commitment: sitting on the sidelines, doing something only once in a while, saying "but what about me?", Baptism? Really? nahhh, not for me.
I Challange all of us to reThink and reNew ourselves...
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