Committed Works and Established Thoughts

     Human events and circumstances often perplex us.  We see a situation unfolding, are aware that we are going to have to make a decision, know that the decision will have long-reaching consequences; but we are not certain how to proceed.  Unregenerate humanity proceeds on the basis of self-interested policy, a political expediency, or bandwagon conformity, but it cannot be so with us.  Our text today provides for us very practical, eminently spiritual advice.  “Commit thy works unto the lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.”  If we will consecrate our works unto the Lord, He will bring our consciousness into line with His own.  We find here a call for our personal commitment.

     There is for us the vital, necessary, intentional commitment of our works unto the Lord.  No one else can do it for us.  They may hope for it, pray for it, and advise us toward it; but they cannot commit our works unto the Lord for us.  We must ourselves render unto the Lord the works that we anticipate, whatever they are.  Incidentally, a work which we cannot so commit unto the Lord is a work in which we ought not engage.

     This text also indicates to Whom we should make this consecration.  We consecrate our works, not unto some blind fate, not to political machinations, not unto our denominational organization; but “unto the Lord.”  We commit our works unto Him in order that we might do that which is right in His sight.  We commit our works unto Him that we might by them honor His name and advance His kingdom.  We commit our works unto Him with the knowledge that He knows what we ought to do and what will be in the best interests of His glory, of ourselves and of others.

     The text finally assures us that if we will commit our works unto the Lord that our thoughts “will be established.”  God guarantees a clear, peaceful, purposeful mind to those who are prepared to commit their works to Him.  This peaceful, “established” consciousness is of great value in the face of any circumstance.  Let us commit the works of this and every day unto the Lord, knowing that He will establish our thoughts.

Where the Bush is Burning
Tomm Tice