COMMITMENT
Self-sacrifice is the way, My way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for? (Mark 8:35-37)
The difference between those who win at life and those who lose is not based on the amount of education one acquires, the amount of money one earns, nor the superior skills one was born with, but instead is based upon one’s level of commitment. Commitment requires faith. You must not only have faith in God, but faith in the person that God has made you to be. That faith will be tested along the way. The testing and trying of your faith, the refining of your intentions and resolve, the dedication, determination, and perseverance required to stick with something until you’ve obtained the desired outcome will empower and liberate you—and expand your capacity to do even more. Jesus told His disciples,
“By your steadfastness and patient endurance you shall win the true life of your souls” (Luke 21:19 AMP).
If you are reading this, you have already demonstrated this characteristic and are well on your way to living truer to your authentic self. Continue to cultivate commitment by sticking with this 40-day endeavor to the very end! It is this steadfast endurance that will strengthen and purify your soul like nothing else.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. —Elbert Hubbard
ACTION STEPS
- In light of “thinking bigger,” what would your life look like if you were to actually “win the true life of your soul?” Imagine it now.
- What are you going to commit to doing in order to save the real you?
- Identify one thing you should purge from your life that is causing you to lose the real you.
- Now identify one thing you could add that will help cultivate your truest self.
Staying with it—that’s what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won’t be sorry (Luke 21:19).
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