A Singular Commitment

In our desire to achieve and have lives of meaning we often find ourselves struggling with commitment issues. What will I study or major in at college? Who will I marry or develop a serious relationship with? What career calling should I pursue? Making life impacting decisions is never easy. But there is one decision that rises above all other life decisions in terms of its impact and importance. Psalm 37 has so much truth with regards to making commitments that it can't be avoided by anyone who wants direction and wisdom to be at work in their daily life. In Psalm 37 and verse 5 we read about a singular commitment that we must enter into as soon as possible, "Commit everything you do to the Lord.  Trust him, and he will help you."
  In our seeking for direction and preparing for success, we dare not leave out the importance of our supreme relational commitment. We NEED God. While modern society places religion and spirituality at the periphery of our culture, we dare not ignore the need for knowing God. We strive for 'stuff' and security while ignoring the ONE who outlasts and ultimately provides everything we need. You ignore the 'faith factor' at your own peril!
  For too many of us there is a huge disconnect between our beliefs and our daily lives. We try to live compartmentalized lives. God on Sunday. (or another 'religious' day) Work on Monday. Party on Friday etc.... But it wasn't meant to be that way. Our lives were meant to be a seamless flow of relationship where love is at the very center of EVERYTHING we do and are. Until and unless we make that kind of a singular commitment we might just wind up going places we were never meant to go, becoming someone we were never meant to be and never achieve the dream and vision that God himself has planted in our souls.

Jim