Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Commit.
Upon reading the word, I went to bed, only to have the verse continually weave its way in and out of my thoughts:
“Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.” (Psalm 37:5, NASB)
I sat for some time, questioning what this actually means. It doesn’t mean to simply pray about doing whatever I want and God will do it.
Commit – one of the definitions is to bind or obligate oneself. Another is to promise or pledge. (dictionary.com).
As we commit our ways to the Lord, binding the choices, decisions, and directions our lives will journey on, they are aligned with the ways of the Lord.
It is then we can trust Him to work out our way as we have chosen His way.
This verse builds on the heels of the verses before it, providing much wisdom for our lives:
- “Trust in the Lord and do good” (verse 3)
- “Delight yourself in the Lord” (verse 4)
- “Commit your way to the Lord” (verse 5)
Trust
Delight
Commit
“A life totally committed to God has nothing to fear, nothing to lose, nothing to regret.” (Pandita Ramabai)
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Today I am joining …
Good word Ms. Joanne! Have a blessed day my friend.
Not easy to commit to God
(hey, dude, I’m just sayin’);
feels like my faith is really flawed,
’cause even when I’m prayin’
my mind skedaddles through the day
to find memories worth saving
like a spaniel pup at play,
ears and tongue a-waving,
and so I hope that the Almighty
can put me to some use,
that though my tendency is flighty,
stuck in my eternal youth,
I may have by pure mischance brung
something good for what’s to come.
I like how you showed that progression trust, delight, commit. Well done
Psalm 37 is one of my favorite Psalms. I appreciate that we can trust Him, delight in Him, and commit our lives and our ways to Him. He is so faithful!
Psalm 37 ran through my mind too. Great post Joanne
Just stopped by from FMF #24
Great post! Love it, thanks for sharing.
Joanne, that section of Psalm 37 has ministered to me throughout my life. I love those verses! Commit is an intentional decision to be there, to entrust, and to follow through.