My Commitment Issue

“But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” (1 John 2:5-6)

Beloved, the word commitment has been something becoming more near and dear to me. It has been a challenge, and a lesson to grasp and embrace into my very life to further define me as a man of integrity. With that being said, I now invite you into my HEART...



Tonight (1/25/13) the word commitment was brought to my attention again. It was presented in such a manner, “To teach them commitment to God.”

Tonight, I think of this word commitment and how does one come to this reality. How do we commit unless we witness commitment?

I’m 32 years old and when I was a teenager, the concept (and I use this term to illustrate my inability to commit when I did not know what it truly was) of commitment was truly introduced to me in a manner that I wanted to embrace it. I was awakened to weightlifting.

Weightlifting was my first relationship where it took commitment on my end to produce results; the results I desired. There was great sacrifice demanded from my life in order to commit to a lifestyle that produced the results I desired.

Weightlifting was everything to me. I breathed it, ate it, drank it and lived it. When I went to sleep I was thinking of weightlifting, and when I woke up I was thinking of weightlifting and all that was required of me to become better at my craft and my desire to grow and achieve gain.

A short while into this beautiful relationship, another relationship needing absolute commitment from me made itself known. My relationship with the opposite sex. Quickly I noticed and learned that I could not have two relationships going on that did not gel together— They created friction. My mind and my body became entangled in a battle, and my commitment level of “all in” started to crumble.

I found myself no longer chasing after a dream of becoming a bodybuilder, but being captivated by the new found relationship with a young lady (as if no one could have not seen that coming).

“But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”

(1 John 2:5-6)

Fast forward a decade and a half, and I am now comprehending what commitment is all about. It’s keeping your word. Seeing perfection attained by following through on what you said you would do. Having the assurance of knowing my way and my commitment level, is a direct result of following the example that has been set for commitment.


As a Christ follower, my word isn’t my bond, but my word met by action in the right attitude, is my bond. Commitment is something that requires taking a stand and not backing down no matter what the cost, because the bond of love in the relstionship has no room for anything less.

Jesus declared, that in this life we would have persecution because of Him. Anyone committed to Christ will absolutely meet persecution. If they aren’t met with persecution, their commitment level isn’t as Jesus promised it would be for the one who desired to follow Him.

Jesus extended an invitation to all, when He said, “If anyone desires to come after me, let them deny themself, and take up their cross daily, and follow me.”

Anyone who is intimately familiar with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, knows full well that His walk, His ministry, His example was met with much resistance, persecution, abandonment, betrayal, mockery, denial, false accusation, imprisonment, capital punishment and ultimately death.

The life of the Lord Jesus Christ is an unshakable witness and an everlasting testimony of commitment. The more I desire to know Him, the more it will become apparent of my entire life being identified with Him. Amen.

Beloved, we must ask ourselves where we stand in the Lord, if we claim we are for the Lord. With that question will come awakening.

As always... YOU ARE LOVED.