You know those moments when you think about your life, even from childhood? Well, today, I had that moment. I was thinking about the start of the school year in second grade (yes, I can remember back that far!), when I was placed in the gifted program, “Creative, Able, and Committed.”
Of course, back then, I didn’t think much about the title of the program; I just knew it meant I was going to another classroom for math and science. (And later, I would realize that I had to do twice the classwork!) However, today, God allowed me to reflect on the actual words: creative, able, and committed. I am all of those things because He designed me that way. And then, I began to focus on one word: committed.
Proverbs 16:3 (NKJV) says, “Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.”
According to Merriam-Webster, commit means to entrust; to pledge or assign for use; to put in charge. Establish means to institute permanently; to make firm or stable; to set up; to gain acceptance. Works are tasks or jobs; achievements; everything possessed, available, or belonging to.
Let’s look back at the Scripture: Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.
In other words, entrust God with everything you are and do, and He will set you up for success because your thoughts are shaped by Him.
The Manna Chef 