Saying, "I Do" To God

We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us.

J. Dabney Day

Rom 6:16-18
Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. NASU

We can be involved in something or we can be a part of something. The old joke about the chicken who said to the pig, “let’s feed’em breakfast,” fits well here, for the chicken it is a onetime donation, for the pig, bacon is a life commitment. What the church is in great need of today is dedication, but I’m afraid we have too many chickens. It is true of our society that the word “commitment” is a scary word.

Paul gives us the answer to our problem in Romans. The fact is that our human nature, before we met Christ, was committed to sin. Paul’s way of saying this was to say we were slaves of sin, in its clutches and confined in its chains. Then the Good News, you were committed to Christ when you were saved and became “committed” or chained to righteousness. Our problem is coming to grasp with living our lives as committed, and righteous, “rescued slaves, all three of those words make us nervous.

If you are struggling with allegiance to Christ, then the problem is that you are not yet fully in love with Him. Love is Blind, isn’t it. It is a full and binding, and unflinching dedication to the one you put first in your life, and the truth is this. If you are struggling with commitment, you need to spend more time with the One who matters most in this life, and the life to come. Real commitment comes when you’re ready to turn your back on the world, and “elope” with your Savior…God Bless.
Pastor William