“You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagle’s wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation. This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.” (Exodus 19:4-6 NLT)
We are created for special relationship with God and all He has planned for us. A part of this relationship is trust and obedience. Without these there is no relationship.
God asked the new generation of Israelites to make a commitment to Him. By the way, at this point of time, the Hebrew people followed Moses for almost two months already. They have already spent nearly 50 days in the desert depending on God for their food and water.
They walked through the Red Sea and through the desert following a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night as God had guided them to this mountain.
Wasn’t that enough? Apparently not!
This was not a casual relationship God was asking of Israel. What God asked was a lifelong commitment. God said, “Now IF you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession….”
Commitment to trust and obedience is something that is completely up to us. God does not force us to commit our life to Him. The grace God freely gives and the cost He and Jesus paid for our salvation and His promise to bless us if we obey Him are not meant to pressure us to commit our life to Him. In fact, no matter what God has done, He is not going to twist, thwart, switch, undo, or overturn our decision and our choice with regards to our commitment of trust and obedience to Him.
The Bible says that God brought His people unto Himself on eagle’s wings. The meaning of commitment in our life is that God brings us unto Himself. This is what the Lord wants. He wants us to come unto Him.
The Lord explained to Moses that when He called him down to Egypt to lead God’s people out, He wanted Moses to understand that He was bringing them not to a land, but to a Person. God was bringing His people home to Himself. And He wanted their trust and their obedience.
The meaning of commitment in our life is to trust and obey what God says. Personally, how well do you know Him? May we come to know Jesus Christ in a way that we have never known Him before, more closely than we have ever known Him. Christ can do for us what no one else can do for us.
The meaning of commitment in our life is that when God brings us unto Himself we can trust in obedience that God wants only the best for us. Once we realize this, we should look for Christ in all things, every day, everywhere we go. The Lord wants us to meet Him every day, in everything He does. Look for Him because He is working in all these things to bring us unto Himself. The Bible says in Philippians 2:13, “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.”
God is in the disturbances just as much as He is in the deliverances. Every one of us is exactly the way we are for one reason. We are content to be that way. Some are so content that they would just sit where they are and do no more until the Lord Jesus comes. We must realize that God wants to stir us up.
We wonder why things happen. We may wonder why we are having difficulty. We may wonder why things are not going smoothly for us. It is because God wants to do more with our life that He has ever done before. All we are asked to do in our special relationship with God is to trust and obey what He says.
Our worth and value are not based on the worlds value scale.
Instead it is based on the balanced scales of God almighty through the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
The world will probably reject us, and reject the Gospel, but God accepts us and wants to show our worth to the World.
No matter what the world thinks.
We are special to God!
Just trust and obey.
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