The Five C’s of Covenant Community Life
COMMITTED
Having discussed Called and Connected, the next word in our discussion of the 5 C’s of Covenant Community Life is Committed.
Commitment is a covenant word. It is a word of agreement. It is an action word. It defines the irreducible minimum upon which relationships and churches can be built. In covenant commitment is swearing to one’s own hurt. In agreement it is recognition of a common purpose and faith.
Commitment holds us steady for change. We have discovered that people only change when they feel secure in their relationships. Finally commitment is the bridge over which we transport truth. People seldom speak the truth in love, in the absence of commitment.
Psalms 37:5 – 6 NASB (updated)
Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday.
