Committed

A few weeks ago Bill gave the Lebanon team an article to read about commitment to Christ.  This article recorded an interview between an American pastor and a Middle Eastern Professor.  The pastor asked this professor what he thought of committed Christians.  The professor's response surprised me a little bit.  The professor ragged on American culture.  He spoke about how us as Americans like to choose what we serve and what we are committed to.  He gave the example of a robbery.  When a person holds a gun to your back and says, "Hands up!"  The appropriate response, in most cases, is to surrender and put your hands up.  What would happen if you were to tell the person robbing you, "I am committed to putting up my hands" but do not follow through?  Chances are you will not walk out of that situation without a mark!  When a person holds a gun to me and tells me, "Hands up!" I surrender and put my hands up!

Sometimes I get a little control hungry in my walk with Jesus.  I want to choose where I go and what I do when I get there.  Very seldom do I surrender to His will.  Take this morning for example:  In my quiet time, I wrote in my journal, "I surrender my day to you."  There is a difference though if I were to say, "I surrender my life to you."  I like to say, "I am committed to you."  But that still implies I will be able to choose to not to commit to Jesus.  My life needs to be characterized by my daily surrender to Him.

What about you?  Are you a committed Christian or are you living a surrendered life?

 In His service, CrazyPete