Commitment

 Daily Gratitude- Year 14 - Day 67: Today, I am grateful for commitment. 

The phrase "Commit your way to the Lord." is familiar, but what does that mean? We live in a world where commitments are often fractured and broken. Is commitment still valuable? Does it matter?

There are times it helps me to grab another translation for the sake of different eyes on a familiar piece of scripture. "The Message" has a way of bringing the scriptures to life in modern day language. I don't use it for deep study, but it is perfect for taking hard, timeless, or unclear language and wrapping it up in a ribbon for easy understanding and sharing. That happened today. 

Many of us know this passage in multiple translations. But what does "commit your way" look like in everyday living?

"Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place." -Proverbs 16:3 (MSG)

We are not to just simply ask him to bless our path and our journey. We are to invite him to be our tour guide from start to finish. Let him set the itinerary, the stopping points, the rest stops, and arrival time. It is okay to have ideas and make plans, but we must present them as an offering for daily living to find the depth of the joy He longs to bring to our ordinary days.

He is committed. Are we? 

Today, I am grateful for commitment.