I was listening recently to Matt Chandler, pastor of The Village Church in Texas. He said something that really caught my attention and it was this:
“If you Believe & Support but don’t Belong then you’re a consumer.”
So many times people come to church, believe in the message and even support the message and the church but they don’t want to belong. They don’t want to make the commitment that determines whether you belong or not. Today commitment has become a bad word. If you commit to something then it is seen as a requirement rather than a relationship. It is like my marriage to Shayla, dating was great. We had a lot of fun but I didn’t get all the benefits to the relationship until I made a commitment by putting a ring on her finger.
We are a consumeristic society today. We want all the benefits without the commitment that goes along with those benefits. Why are we afraid of really being a part of something today? Why are we all about ourselves? When we are all about ourselves we limit our ability to impact people, but when we commit to being a part of something larger than ourselves we can achieve the extraordinary in life.
What are you committed to in life?
