Greetings and Salutations Oh Ye Committed Ones...
"For you are my rock and my fortress THEREFORE, for Your name's sake, LEAD me and GUIDE me. Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me. For You are my strength. Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth."
(Psalm 31:3-5)
When God is your ROCK (a solid place to stand) and your FORTRESS (a place of protection) you can trust Him to LEAD you and GUIDE you...as the net has been laid for you. When the Lord is your ROCK and your FORTRESS and your LEADER and your GUIDE you can go beyond COMMITMENT ISSUES...and commit your spirit (who you are) because you know THE REDEEMER...the LORD GOD OF TRUTH.
Jesus knew the Father this way. So much so...that as He was dying on the cross in our place... as the Provided Lamb...as the Propitiation...as the Satisfactory Substitute...He quoted the verse...Psalm31:5.
"Now it was about the sixth hour and there was DARKNESS over all the earth until the ninth hour. Then the sun was darkened and the veil of the temple was torn in two. And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said...."FATHER...INTO YOUR HANDS...I COMMIT MY SPIRIT. Having said this, He breathed His last." (Luke 23:44-46)
Well...how does all of this apply to MY commitment issues? So many times...when it is dark all around me...where there appears there is no help...where the sand is shifting under my feet, and my fortress is more like a fox hole...I need to follow Jesus and die to my self...and COMMIT my spirit into the Father's hands. For Jesus to have resurrection...Jesus had to have death...and the death was a choice of commitment. It was at the point of where Jesus breath His last breath...that the Father could breath into Him fresh breath of life.
So it is with me as I commit my spirit to Him...breath my last breath (my efforts to solve my problems)...and I die to myself...so He can breath resurrection life into me. That's when I start to feel the ROCK under my feet and sense the protecting FORTRESS surrounding me....BUT... I have got to do it by the substance of things hoped for...the evidence of things not revealed by my senses...aka FAITH.
Love and Committed Kisses
Rodney "Standing Rock Solid" Boyd
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