Friday, June 8, 2012

Commitment: Strong, Lukewarm, or Non-existent? -- June 8, 2012

Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD once wrote, “It is astonishing that 90% of the world’s problems result from people failing to keep their commitments. Heads of state, CEO’s, family members, and friends, every missed goal or uncompleted task can be traced back to someone not keeping their end of the bargain.”

What do you think of that number--90 percent?  I'm not sure how you can quantify the cause of each problem, but that 90% number may be right.  Think about it--most of our problems come from disagreements or miscommunications in our relationships.  Then, instead of confronting the issue, we allow it to fester.  Finally, we decide that solving the problem is too tough so we walk away from the commitment we had in the relationship.

This happens in our jobs, our families, our church, our friendships, our prayer life.  Things don't go the way we want them so we take our proverbial ball and go home.

Our scripture for this week is Malachi 2:1-16.  In it, God chastises both the priests and the Jewish people for taking their commitments to Him too lightly.  And we'll see what the consequences of those casual commitments were.

Along the way on Sunday (9:50 a.m.), we'll look at the parallels of Old Testament time and modern day.  By the time we leave each others' company, I hope we'll have all decided to strengthen our commitments to both God and others.

Finish Friday strong.  Enjoy Saturday with your family.  See you Sunday!
 
Loyally yours,

Darren Bayne


"Each of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of all of us. And all of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of each of us."  Jim Rohn

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