C.O.M.M.I.T.M.E.N.T
It's amazing how this 10-letter word speaks so much fear into each one of our hearts. Many of us shudder and shirk our shoulders when we hear this word.. while some of us will ignore or run away when we are required to live out this word. True enough, COMMITMENT is definitely something easier said than done.. definitely not something for the faint hearted.
Someone once asked me before, "Why? Why is it that in this world, everything must be about commitment? Why??" This question made me ponder alot too and up till date, my only answer is to agree with the statement. Yes, life IS indeed all about commitment... since the day we were born till the day we meet our Maker.. we live our lives full of commitment!
We are COMMITTED to our parents as children....We are COMMITTED to study hard and do our best in school....
We are COMMITTED to our friends....
We are COMMITTED to our faith...
We then become parents and are COMMITTED to our children...
And the cycle of COMMITMENT runs over and over again....
Like it or not, we cannot escape from commitment this life.. in fact we are constantly surrounded by it and we better make do with learning how to life and cope with it. As I work with many youths in church, I realised that many of us are so afraid to make commitments. Reason being commitment requires us to make sacrifices... When we are committed to a particular matter or person, along the way we would have to give up certain things which we like to do or feel like doing.. That itself is a sacrifice, but not everyone is willing to pay that price. Because self centered by nature, we still enjoy doing things based on our own feelings or do whatever we like.Whether we like it or not... Commitment is not based on feeling.... it is not whether we like it or not. Rather it is a CHOICE... A God-given freewill of choice which we need to exercise and act upon it. Imagine if a parent's commitment is purely based on feeling, that only means that he/she only loves the child during good times and not the bad! Whenever the child cries or throws a tantrum, the parents just walk away and cannot be bothered anymore?
Commitment is a CHOICE... A person with character in depth is one whom doesn't run away from commitments not fear it, but rather dare to commit to things in life which are right, purposeful and of values! Running away is only temporal and in fact a cowardly act... one still has to face the same issue in time to come.
Being a Christian, I learn about true commitment from the person in Jesus Christ. Many of us know His story of suffering and crucifixion, but behind it lies the greatest commitment in mankind history. A Son of God whom came to become the son of man... committed Himself to the greatest redemption plan of mankind... A life journey where He was ridiculed, persecuted, humiliated, shamed, abused...etc. But He never retaliated in anger nor exercised his superpowers... He was committed to us that He endured all the pain and shame till the very end where He was cruxified. Many say that is stupidity... but I say that is true commitment.. stupidity is a man who dare not live up with commitments and run away.I have made sacrifices in making commitment to matters, people and my faith in God.. and looking back on hindsight, it has been worth it as I live a much purposeful life with my head held high without shame nor regrets.
I have made my choice... How about you??
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