there's an old song by Walter Hawkins that I love still today and it's called fully committed the lyrics go like this all that I am and all that I hope to be all of my desires and all of my abilities I'm fully committed to your will and to your way and I'll make the sacrifice to do what you ask of me my love's forever ever Jesus you're all that I need and I can never repay what you did just for me but the least I can do I give my life fully committed to you every
passing minute every hour of the day in every situation every bit of attention I'll pay I'm fully committed to your will to your way and I'll make the sacrifice to do what you ask of me I give my life fully committed to you if you're to search for the definition of the word commitment you'll find that a commitment is defined as an agreement or pledge to do something in the future a promise to do or give something the state or an instance of being obligated or emotionally impaled now now from these definitions I want you
to pay attention to some of the words associated with the meaning of the word commitment a commitment is a promise a commitment is a pledge a commitment is an instance of being obligated the Bible calls for us to be committed to Jesus Christ First Kings 8: 61 says and may your hearts be fully committed to the Lord Our God to live by his decrees and obey his commands as at this time now take a moment and really decipher what this verse is telling us your heart should be fully committed to Jesus Christ your heart should
be obligated compelled to follow Jesus Christ your heart should be wholly devoted and completely loyal to the Lord Our God Psalm 37:5 says commit your way to the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass have you committed your way to the Lord Saints I want to encourage you to make a decision make a decision to commit your ways to Jesus Christ be someone who's loyal never be found with a wandering eye don't be found giving anything less than your all to the Lord dear listener let me tell you this only
God can satisfy the Deep longing that is in our hearts Only God Can fulfill us and give our lives meaning and purpose so when we try to replace him with lesser things we will always come up empty and this Grieves the heart of God God the people of the Old Testament were punished severely for their idolatry but each time God also gave them the chance to repent of their sin and return to him once more and he offers that same choice to us in Exodus 20: 3-6 you shall have no other gods before me you
shall not make for yourself a carved image any like Ness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the Earth You shall not bow down to them nor serve them for I the Lord your God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me but showing Mercy to thousands to those who love me and and keep my Commandments Idols they can be torn down they can be shattered and
they can be replaced with something far better true worship of the Living God so today I encourage you to tear down the idols in your life let there be no more Idols no more Idols of wealth no more Idols of relationships no more Idols of worldly power decide to make a commitment to Christ make a commitment that you will take action regarding the things of the Lord take action today don't wait until tomorrow don't wait for someone to lay hands on you take action concerning your relationship with Jesus Christ today as for me well I've
decided that I will trust I will praise I will pray and I will worship Jesus Christ today I'm going to give him my all I will hold nothing back I'll be loyal and wholly devoted to Jesus Christ I'm not waiting for a convention I'm not waiting for the blessing or the miracle no I'm trusting the Lord today because tomorrow is not promised today while I still have breath in my lungs and strength in my bones I will put my trust in Jesus Christ I will commit my ways to him as long as I'm living as
long as I have a voice I will declare that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior today I boldly declare that I will I will I will put my faith only in Jesus Christ you see there's no one else who could rescue me no one else could offer me help but Jesus so I'll call on the name of Jesus Christ today I'll call on his name tomorrow and every day after that whether I'm on the Mountaintop or I'm deep in the valley I will call on Jesus Christ because he is always faithful we serve a
faithful God lord Jesus your word in Proverbs 16:3 it says commit to the Lord whatever you do and He will establish your plans father in obedience to your word I commit everything to you the plans I have made they're in your hands father the goals that I've written down all of the things that I ever want to achieve I commit them into your hands father in agreement with everyone under the sound of my voice we commit our ways to you we commit Our Lives to you Lord Jesus our families our children our marriages we commit
them all to you oh mighty God father take control and have your way let your will be done in Our Lives May the Holy Spirit lead and move within our hearts and our homes so that we may do What is pleasing in your sight father in committing all that I have to you I'm saying that I submit to you Lord Jesus I Trust You Lord I believe in you and I believe your word Lord Jesus as I commit everything to you as I declare my loyalty and Devotion to you I also submit my thought life
into your hands I submit my heart's desires to you oh God reshape my thinking Lord let my thinking be aligned to to the word of God let my heart's desires be pure in your sight this world may try and get me to conform to its ways however I pray that you would give me the strength to overcome all the Temptation Of The World friends may try to entice me so that I conform to their sinful ways but Lord I pray that you would give me the strength to overcome every Temptation may I be so committed
to following you Lord that nothing in this world could take my focus or Draw my affection Lord I will not fear the unknown because my eyes are continuously fixed on you I pray and declare psalm 16 verses 8-9 I have set the lord always before me because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices My Flesh also will rest in Hope with you before me Lord I will not be moved by any situation my heart is filled with gladness and joy because I'm under
your care Lord Jesus father I may not know what tomorrow has in store for me but I do have faith that whatever the enemy means for evil you Lord will make it good I may not know what tomorrow has in store for me I do have faith in you as my provider father I trust that you'll be my safe place Lord Jesus I'm at peace because I know who my God is I am at peace because I know who my source is I am at peace because I know who my protector is Lord you have
my focus you have my attention I look to you and you alone for Direction for strength and for Comfort I Praise You Lord Jesus for all that you've done I praise you for all that you are doing and I praise you in advance for that which you are still yet to do I thank you for your grace and mercy I thank you for hearing my prayer it's in Jesus name I pray amen and may your Hearts be fully committed to the Lord Our God to live by his decrees and obey his commands as at this
[Music] time commit your way to the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass you shall have no other gods before me you shall not make for yourself a carved image any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the Earth You shall not bow down to them nor serve them for I the Lord your God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate
me but showing Mercy to thousands to those who love me and keep my Commandments commit to the Lord whatever you do and He will establish your [Music] plans I have set the lord always before me because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices My Flesh also will rest in Hope [Music]
