Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
BEING COMMITTED IN CHRIST
BEING COMMITTED IN CHRIST
"Commit your ways unto the Lord, and He will direct your paths."
http://biblehub.com/parallel/proverbs/16-3.htm
http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-5.htm
"I am tangled up. Tied up, tethered up in the Jesus" the old school preachers would say, often closing a roll: "wrapped up & sacked up!"
"It is finished" being committed is!
Being committed crushes quarrels, all debates as well. One executes. One does. Deeds determine it all.
There is nothing left to reason out.
"Be not dismayed, whatever betide, God will take care of you."
Being committed is ripe fruit at the end of the branch produced by God, after many years of adversity, perversity, struggling torment, toil.
Ripe fruit knows & boasts, that "all things come of thee oh Lord and of thine own, have we given to thee."
Ripe fruit is spirit and truth, rather than letter and doctrine. It is good.
Thus, ripe fruit being of spirit and truth produced the opening verse written above which is neither from Proverbs 16:3 nor Psalm 37:5. It is my blend of both in spirit and truth.
Being committed to each in Jesus name: "Commit your ways unto the Lord and He will direct your paths."
"Being committed" means being a conduit for Christ, not the source .
It recognizes and worships the flow from God which they are blessed to receive and to pass along as grace!
Do what you do in Jesus' name and be done, obeying flow, spirit, truth!
Amen !