Christ and Commitment

Commitment is a dirty word in discipleship today. We are a commitment-phobic generation. We commit to something and back off from it after sometime: marriage, school, ministry, any-other-thing that require commitment. We go to our dream school, started enthusiastically, fade off , then start to entertain thoughts of quitting school. We marry the dream girl, settled into a home, differences start to surface, and we start to put divorce as a possible option on the dinner table. Same applies to church...

One's commitment to Church does goes to show how much one truly follows Jesus

As much as this sound harsh, but on hindsight, it is true. If anyone would suggest to me that discipleship can be flippant and as commitment-free as possible with regards to church and its activities, then my question is : Has Christ called you? and Have you follow Jesus whole-heartedly?

Here's a quick exercise: go read and highlight the word 'follow' in the Gospels, you will not fail to notice that anyone who follow Christ gave up everything - their jobs, their hopes , their dreams, their ambition - to follow Christ. The fishermen gave up their trade. Matthew(Levi) gave up his notorious career. Some had to wrestle with the thought of leaving the dead to bury the dead. Christ calls you for commitment unto Him. One cannot possibly says he follows Christ and yet not commit to any of His plans and agenda.

So for someone to constantly miss CG or to give up on a discipleship program halfway or *gasp* leave a church, there are deeper questions to ponder upon - are we truly faithful to our station? Faithfulness is a mark of true disciples. And i do think that commitment is an issue of the heart.