Commit

March 28, 2008

A missionary society wrote to David Livingstone and asked, “Have you found a good road to where you are?

If so, we want to know how to send other men to join you.” Livingstone wrote back, “If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.”

Life can present us with the opportunities to commit to a particular enterprise or activity without necessarily having the route fully worked out we only have the destination in mind. The reality is that we will never reach that destination without commitment.

Our life’s vision will never be fulfilled without commitment. Yet in today’s world commitment seems to be constantly under challenge .Commitment to life, commitment to relationships and to ongoing dreams and vision. Without it progress is very limited.

Commitment has life changing power. Frederic F. Flach writes: ‘Most people can look back and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when because of a readiness within us and a collaboration of events around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live, and to make choices that will affect the rest of our lives’ I remember when I met and married my wife it was not only the external event of meeting her but also internal changes that were taking place in me that enabled a personal commitment to be made

Personal commitment to a relationship, a career, a church, a ministry, a vision, will be tested – daily. Too many of us see commitment as an event, like saying, ‘I do’ in a wedding ceremony or shaking hands to close a business deal. Yet what helps to make a marriage successful is not necessarily wealth or even health but rather commitment. In January we buy a treadmill to get in shape, by February we quit because it calls for too much discipline. Any time you make a commitment to something, you will be tested – daily

Commitment helps you overcome life’s obstacles. Maltbie Babcock said, ‘One of the most common mistakes and one of the costliest, is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic something or other which we do not possess. No, success is generally due to holding on, and unwillingness to let go. You ‘decide’ to obtain a qualification, learn a language,begin a business enterprise etc. Will it be a success or failure? That depends upon how much pluck and perseverance that word ‘decide’ contains. It is the decision that nothing will overrule and the grip that nothing can break, that brings success.’

“Will you please tell me in a word,” said a Christian woman to a minister, “what your idea of consecration is?”Holding out a blank sheet of paper the pastor replied, “It is to sign your name at the bottom of this blank sheet, and to let God fill it in as He will.” It takes commitment to see this kind of consecration through.

Why do people find it so hard to make commitments?

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Life Groups Together

March 26, 2008

Life Groups (our midweek meetings) provide an opportunity outside of our church services for people to get together talk about God share experiences and befriend one another. They usually meet on Wednesday evenings at 7:30PM , in several different homes and locations around the city – where it is convenient for people to get together.

How do I join one?

Initially by contacting the Life Church office here…

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A Warm Welcome!

March 26, 2008

Life Church Lincoln has a thriving congregation of 100-110 people attending services each week, including a wide mix of ages, and backgrounds.

Take a look around our site to find out about everything with which we’re involved including our current highlights, schedule, church events, courses and training, articles and pastor’s blog.

We meet at the Priory City Academy (formerly City of Lincoln Community College), Skellingthorpe Road LN6 0RG, each Sunday at 10.30 in the morning and also in various other venues midweek.

We aim to be a warm friendly church and you will be met on your arrival by one of our Welcome Team.

- William Prentice, Pastor

For more information please contact Life Church. Please click HERE

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