Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37:5–6 NLT
Commitment is hard to come by these days. With a fast-paced, give-it-to-me-now culture, it’s hard to slow down and settle. Instead, the temptation is to jump from one thing to the next. This is particularly true in regard to technology and social media.
When it comes to measuring church membership, taking a count of members per household (or unit) is not a good representation of the number of people who actually go to church. It appears some attendees are just not committed enough to say, “I’m in this for the long haul.”
When it comes to personal relationships, many people live together before they commit to getting married. First they want to see if things “will work.”
All in all, it can seem like people are trying to bypass what David was saying in Psalm 37:5. Imagine if you did commit everything to God, trusting Him, like Jesus did when He humbled Himself on the cross (see Matthew 27:27–50).
When you commit and trust like Jesus, God will raise up your life to experience your own figurative resurrection.
Jesus, help me trust You and humble myself by committing everything to You. I want to shine for You.
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Today’s reading was adapted from Daily Wisdom for Women: 2018 Devotional Collection with permission from Barbour Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading was written by an anonymous author.