Commitment Series

GOAL ATTAINMENT

COMMITMENT

PART 3 OF 5

INTRODUCTION:

COMMITMENT IS A VITAL COMPONENT TO GOAL ATTAINMENT.

SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:

READ PHILIPPIANS 3:14. PAUL EXPRESSED HIS GOAL ATTAINMENT IN THIS VERSE.

THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE READS, “I PRESS ON TOWARD THE GOAL TO WIN (THE SUPREME AND HEAVENLY) PRIZE TO WHICH GOD IN CHRIST JESUS IS CALLING US UPWARD.”

TRUE COMMITMENT TO THE LORD.

PSALMS 31:5-6 “INTO YOUR HAND I COMMIT MY SPIRIT. YOU HAVE REDEEMED ME, O LORD GOD OF TRUTH. I HAVE HATED THOSE WHO REGARD USELESS IDOLS; BUT I TRUST IN THE LORD.” (NKJV) THE PSALMIST EXPRESSES FAITHFULNESS IN GOD ALONE.

OUR LORD USED THE SAME WORDS ON THE CROSS-. LUKE 23:46 (NKJV) AND WHEN JESUS HAD CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE, HE SAID, “FATHER, “UNTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT.’” HAVING SAID THIS, HE BREATHED HIS LAST. THIS EXPRESSED CHRIST’S UNSHAKEN CONFIDENCE IN GOD WHO HAD COMMISSIONED HIM TO HIS EARTHLY MINISTRY.

PSALMS 37:5 “COMMIT YOUR WAY TO THE LORD, TRUST IN HIM, AND HE SHALL BRING (IT) TO PASS.” (NKJV)

PROVERBS 16: 3 “COMMIT YOUR WORKS TO THE LORD, AND YOUR THOUGHTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED.” (NKJV)

PREPARATION OF YOUR HEART (COMMITMENT AS IT RELATES TO GOAL ATTAINMENT) GUIDES YOUR THOUGHTS AND PLANS. THESE MUST COME FROM GOD!

APPLICATION:

STAY FOCUSED! COMMITMENT AND PURSUIT IS YOUR KEY.

REF: JAMES, FAUCETT & BROWN, THOMAS CONSTABLE, FRANCIS DAVIDSON, WARREN WIERSBE, F. B. MEYER