noun
the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc. "the company's commitment to quality"
an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action. "business commitments"
Life Questions
It is said that commitment is the foundation of great accomplishments and that commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality. How committed are you to the important things of life? What about the little things? To whom are you committed? Who is committed to you? Where does God fit into your commitment structure? How committed is God to you?
Consider how your dedication and commitment to the world, people around you and to God is in reflection of the verses below.
1 Kings 8:60-62 But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands
Psalm 31:4-6 Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth. Proverbs 16:2-4 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Jeremiah 5:6-8 "Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.
Matthew 11:26-28 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Mark 15:13-15 "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"
Luke 23:45-47 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.
Acts 20:31-33 "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. Hebrews 9:14-16 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
1 Peter 4:18-20 So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Revelation 18:2-4 For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."