There is only one commitment in life that truly matters.
It is a commitment I spent years looking for. I used to try to find it in fellow human wanderers, but I often was let down with disappointment, abandonment, and rejection. I looked for it in the desires of my human nature but found only fading pleasure.
In the last year and a half, I’ve often found myself praying these words:
“If you heal me, I will be truly healed.
If you save me, I will be truly saved.”
(Jeremiah 17:14)
And I’ve been finding a committed relationship in the only One who can fulfill that deep void abandonment left in my life. His name is Jesus. Yahweh. Heavenly Father. Eternal God.
He has been relentlessly pursuing me in the dark of my human nights. He has been holding me close like a Shepherd in the loneliness of my mental agony.
“Even when you were running
Even when you were hiding
When you barely believed it
When your eyes couldn’t see it
You’ve always been perfectly –
In the hands of the Infinite
As the wounds of the world became His
See the kindness Heaven has for you
And how He’s always been drawing you in.”
- Rachael Lampa
I love how Romans 7:24+25 says it:
“Oh, what a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
So, as I stepped into the waters of baptism this morning to commit myself to a relationship with God for the rest of my life, my story and life is not about me. It is about Jesus. It is about His redemptive plan at work in my life. It is about His commitment and love to me.
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”
(Ephesians 3:20)
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