LIFE CURRENCY NUMBER THREE
Psalm 78:8, Proverbs 17:17
The third currency is loyalty and committment. Let's define these two terms.
What is loyalty? Loyalty is devotion or faithfulness to a nation, course, philosophy, country, group or person.
What is committment? Committment is willingness to give your time and energy to a job, activity or something that you believe in.
Both look like the same but they are different. You can be committed and not loyal but you can't be loyal and not be committed.
Many people are committed only for a short period of time and only for as long as what they are committed to is working.
However, loyalty is allegiance and committment over a long period of time, both through thick and thin.
A loyal person is someone that even when he or she knows that you are not yet who you suppose to be they stick with you through your failures and trials helping you to get better and they are there still when things begin to work well too helping you all the way.
A loyal person is content to let you shine while he is working behind the scenes but a committed person may be spending time and energy to bring himself or his course to limelight.
Committment can be superficial, that is at face value, only when you are present or the person is present but loyalty is far deeper whether you are present or not.
David was loyal to Jonathan and Jonathan too was loyal to David, he was willing to let go of the throne and be in second in command.
David too kept his promise even when Jonathan had died and nobody could challenge him being king, if he didn't keep his promise to Jonathan.
We need to be both committed and loyal and have people in our lives that are both. But if we ever have to chose between loyalty and committment, go for loyalty.
However, there are times that what you need is just to be committed, not necessarily loyal and at other times what you need is to move from just being committed to becoming loyal.
There are times that you need to be both to others and have those that are both in your lives.
At a stage in life what you need are committed people not necessarily loyal people.
But at some point in your life you can't afford not to have people that are loyal to you or your course.
Apostle Paul told Timothy, And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also, 2Timothy 2:2.
The term faithful men are loyal men not just committed men.
Apostle Paul was a man that had lots of spiritual sons around him. He had the committed ones and the loyal ones.
He says concerning Timothy, one of his loyal sons, I have no man that is like minded, who will naturally care for your state. For all seek their own not the things which are Jesus Christ's, Phillipians 2:20&21.
Another loyal son to Apostle Paul, was Titus.
2Corinthians 8:16&17 says, "But thanks be to God who put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. For indeed he accepted the exhortation, but being more forward of his own accord he went unto you.
Whereas the same kind of loyalty was not found in Apollos.
Concerning him, Apostle Paul had this to say, "As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren but his will is not to come at this time; but he shall come when he shall convenient time, 1Corinthians 16:12.
Demas was another of Apostle Paul's son who was once committed(Colossians 4:14) but at some point when Apostle Paul needed him to be loyal, he forsook him and went with the world, 2Timothy 4:10.
Joab was another example, committed to king David for his selfish interest but not loyal to him. Gehazi to Elisha was another, 2Kings 5:20-27, Hazael and Ben-Hadad, 2Kings 8:7-15.
At this point let me ask you, who and what are you committed and loyal to? Do you have a course, a person or an assignment you are committed to?
What course or person are you suppose to be loyal to? Do you have to move from being just committed to becoming loyal?
This message is not to bring condemnation but to enlighten you.
Like I said earlier, you don't have to be both at the same time as it may not yet be necessary.
Being loyal to what you are only suppose to be committed to can get you stuck when God wants to move you on to something else.
Being committed to what you are suppose to be loyal to will not make you stick with it long enough through thick and thin to reap the reward and benefits thereof.
Now you know what these terms are and the differences between the two, ask the Lord to show you who and what you need to be committed to and who and what you have to be loyal to.
I will continue from here in my next post.
PEACE
SALVATION PRAYER
Anything short of you being born again and living a life of holiness and purity hurt Jesus so much. But you can make things right here and now by saying this simple prayer and mean it genuinely from your heart:
Lord Jesus I come to you today. I acknowledge that I am a sinner and I cannot help myself. I repent of all my sins and I forsake them. Jesus, I invite you into my life, be my Lord, be my Saviour.
Wash me by your precious blood, forgive my sins and write my name in the book of life. From this day, I promise to follow you all the rest of my life. Help me Lord, in Jesus name, Amen. Congratulations you are now born again!
PEACE
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