 I'm going to speak to you on this subject called committed to the process somebody say committed to the process You know commitment is very rare commodity in our generation You know we like it fast and easy man Whoever invades invented the the microwave was a genius and that's how we like it You know if it takes minute and 50 seconds to do it We want it in a minute sometimes I do pizza pockets and I'm like hey babe How long is supposed to do is like like two minutes? I'm like mid and a half eat them like man It's so cold. It's not good, but the faster we can get it done the better And I want you to go to go with me to the scripture for this morning We're going to read in first Corinthians 924 through 25 And I'm going to read an NIV version and it's on your screen there and it says do you not know that in a race? All the runners run, but only one gets the price running such a way as to get the price Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training somebody say strict training They do it to get the crown that will not last But we will do it to get a crown that will last forever somebody say lasts forever Commitment to the process will even we live in a generation that we like only the beginning and the end come on Somebody yeah the middle part of it. It's like it's it's tough It's it's the grind and it's like oh, you know, we like the one-time event things You know that oh, I'll come to the Easter service is gonna be so good I'm gonna feel so awesome, but the wins this service is the Friday night prayers the morning prayers You know this serving it's kind of a hard, you know, it's a commitment Process, but through that that's where character is built. Amen That is where your destiny begins to be developed isn't through that process I wish you can just wake up one day and just say I got a PhD No, you got to go through the process of four year eight year six year. God bless you college Amen, you know, it is it is not easy, but that's what earns you the degree That's what earns you that that thing where you can you know get a bigger pay and bigger raise, you know For me, you know, I'm the type of guy if I'm gonna commit to something I'm gonna see till the end until it's done. So recently my wife was like, you know, my son Vince He's in this little crib and he's a he's a monster. He grows so fast And you know this time when he lays anyway, he lays is just doesn't fit So she's like I found this bed. I'm Pinterest. I want you to build it shows me a picture like easy Come on. I got this, you know four woods few screws. This is nice Who I got this, you know, so I go to Lowe's, you know, babe I got it. So she's like just buy me some white wood. I go in there and grab the wood I'm like, man, this is harder than I thought this would be but nevertheless, I said I would do it I'm committed, you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna see it till the end So I get this wood and then, you know, you have to look at the wood make sure it's not crooked Whatever I just find one. I'm like that that will do it Get the bed start putting it together and then I'm like man should have stayed in geography class You know, if it says 74 inches you do 73 and a half, you know, it just messes the whole thing up On top of that, I decided to do it at night. Why? Because I'm committed. I Can't see anything but I'm cutting the wood. I Mark it at 74 inches cut it at 73 like just put a screw that will hold her You know at the end of the day, it looks more like Noah's Ark instead of a bed But I am committed to the process. Amen. We built the bed. It looks wonderful. It's just turn off the lights and it looks good So we have to understand the part is that we as people we don't like the process Because the process is that's where the the character gets built. It's the it's the highs and it's the lows It's not just always. Oh the church was awesome. The church was good It's the times where I do not feel like going to church, but I know I need to go to church It's the times where I don't feel like Jesus is with me But his word says that he will never leave us or forsake us. That is the process being committed to Jesus. Come on, somebody See, we have to understand that life without Jesus will be meaningless But life without purpose will be powerless will be powerless and but that purpose is revealed Through the process. I wish one day you can come to church the Prophet says, you know, this is your destiny This is what you're gonna do. No, you have to go through tough times. Sometimes. That's where your purpose gets revealed David in the Bible didn't become a man after God's own heart until he lost a throne and Until some people backstopped him until people to pursue him to kill for his life until he went through the process This is where he became the greatest king of Israel and man after God's own heart So we have to understand the part and we have to make a promise to ourselves that I am gonna commit to the process That God has set for my lives in my church Number one is process builds character. Somebody say process builds character It is sometimes very hard to understand until you experience it It's sometimes very hard to understand what it is to be a father until you become a father It is hard to to understand what it is to love until you have to love and receive nothing back It is hard to understand faith when you need to walk into the bridge that seems not to be there It is hard to be able to believe in healing when all the presence of sickness is evident in your body It is hard to understand it until you need to experience it But that is the process that we have to go through. We have to understand God is not a God of only the good times But God is also the God of the times that when you feel like he's not there He's the God of the valleys and he is the hot God of the high tops. Amen church But that you know the Bible says but the fruit of this spirit is love joy peace Patient kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control God wants as he ushers you into your destiny. He wants you to work on your character We have to understand, you know a skill a gift will only last and will only be Upholded by your character. So if you have absence of character It's just a matter of time where you're it's a matter of time where you will begin to lose the position That God has given you you have to understand all the high places are slippery places Sometimes God will withhold a blessing from you because you know the blessing will only draw you away from him You know many times people are like I'm praying for a job God Give me a job the job comes and you never see them in church You never see them praying and they begin to say I'm too busy You know God has blessed me and I cannot make it anymore a blessing begin to become a place Where it would drew you from God That's why God wants you to develop a character that God says God you bless me or you don't bless me My commitment to you doesn't change God if I am healed or not You're still my healer God if I'm delivered or not you're still my deliverer Whatever my situation is I am committed no matter what a man church that is commitment to the process We have to understand that um many times people begin to come to church and and uh, you know They give their life to Jesus and they say now I feel peace now I feel love now You know things are going good for my life But that is not the reason for our salvation of our soul Amen the summation of our soul is that our our soul is being saved from hell from separation from God So when God begins to bless your life that is awesome But sometimes when you feel God will be distant your commitment to him should not change amen So we have to understand that our relationship with God should not be based on how I'm feeling How I am doing and how I am being treated our relationship with God should be based that he loves me no matter what He loves me whether whether i'm rich or whether i'm poor whether i'm in health or whether i'm in sickness Whatever the situation might be by relationship with God doesn't change amen Process produces faith We have to understand our process produces faith in us It is hard to say you know many times we begin to say that I believe But belief it gets tested when the trials begin to come amen When when it's time to believe like bryce and was saying you know that uh, there was time where he felt sick in his body That is when faith is required That's when you need to know that god by your stripes I'm healed even though the presence of sickness may still be in my body Sometimes when you feel all the all the darkness around you surrounding you to attack in your life That is when faith is required to know that god is on my side The victor has been won doesn't matter what I feel or what amount i'm going through that he is with me faith Produces and it's shown in that process And god wants to make us a people of faith because the bible says only faith Pleases god amen. You cannot have faith when everything's good Nobody needs faith when things are good. Come on. Everybody can lift their hands and shout hallelujah when they got a pay raise amen But it takes faith when you lose a job or you get demoted to say god You're still my provider whether i'm in rich or whether i'm in like amen So god wants to produce within us a godly character and that faith grows In times of testing and in times of trial in jesus name amen If it is easy if it's easily given Then it is not treasured If it is easily given then it's not treasured We have to understand that for our lives many times what i've seen it time after time where people are handed things down They begin to not treasure it they begin to not understand and they begin to not value it and they lose it But in faith when god begins to produce faith in you you begin to understand what it is to love You begin to understand what it is peace in the midst of doubt in the midst of confusion You begin to understand what it is to be able to believe in god when everything else stands contrary to it amen church And another thing we have to understand is that beginner is not the owner but the finisher Beginner is not the owner but the finisher It is not how you start, but it's how you finish the race We have to all begin to see that our commitment to jesus christ is for a lifetime It's not that how we start oh, oh everything's good or let me you know go all out But then it's the process through it and how we finish the race That's what begins to matter begin peter begins to come to jesus and jesus if it's to go to the cross for you I'll do it I'm the rock come on jesus, you know i'm gonna do it and then when it came time To do a g peter was the one who was cursing and was running away naked because it was time to be committed to the process It's time to show that it is this really what you want to do for your life You know many times we say god use me But in order for god to use you we have to die to ourselves amen And the dying process is not easy It's it's a times where you have to say say no to your desires and say it's god It's it's to your own will each one of us We will have a time and a place Where jesus had in the garden where even jesus said you know god if it is your will let this cup pass me by But he understood that in order to begin to to to save humanity He had to be committed to the process and say you know not your will not not my will But your will be done in my life in jesus name amen church God wants to use each and one of us Maybe you know some of you may not be up there holding a mic But god called you to raise children who will not astray from god You have to be committed to the process, you know, I was having a son and you know, I'm like, oh You know so nice, you know my wife updates you guys with the Facebook posts and instagram posts sometimes I log in on instagram just to see how my son is doing and um You know being a father. It's it's so awesome I mean, you know you get to cuddle with him take pictures they talk to you But then when the dirty diapers come I'm like commitment to the process come on put on the mask and let's do this You know it is you know waking up at three in the morning five in the morning when they puke on you and you're like This is this is what it is to to be committed to what god has called you to do You know many of us god has called us to reach our family You know when you come to your family and you begin to witness to them about god they begin to say You know what you're a faker You know you will who you're preaching to you used to do the same things that we used to do But commitment to the process says, you know, I'll love I'll pray and I'll never give up until I see your life change Amen commitment to the process Is when you are in marriage and when things are not working out and you say, you know what? It's it's time that I'm gonna put away my old habits My old self and I'll be committed to the process because what god has joined together no no man shall separate I'm gonna do what god has called me to do amen This is this is not super spiritual, but it is practical Its commitment to what god has called us to do amen church You know god each in each and one of our lives god has placed place dreams and desires In the world that he put us around it may not be the stage where you preach to millions But could be the parents that god has placed you around and god said be committed to be the best son Or the daughter called you to be Maybe god has called you to to be the best wife to be to be the Honoring to be respectful to your husband and god has placed you in that area And he says you have to be the best that be committed to the process and you see god's faithfulness in your life in jesus name amen Some practical steps. I want you to let you know about About being committed to the process is that god said i'm with you till then i'll never leave you and i will never forsake you Make a commitment to the holy spirit to say that i am you know through the whole through the through the lows Or through the highs I'm not leaving you. I'm not forsaking you The commitment to the holy spirit is that what will be able to help you last Through whatever god has called you. He's the friend closer than the brother. He will guide you He'll be next to you He will be the one to give you ideas to give you strength and grace To do what he called you to do make a commitment to holy spirit Maybe you'll say that oh it's been months. Have I spoken to holy spirit or prayed Get back up Continue it It's not it's not uh, you know, it's not that you know, you do what you know eight hours during one day No, make a commitment of small steps every day Small steps every day that will be continued in the direction the journey the god has called you to Next step the next practical thing is to look forward to the price Look forward to the price There's a price For our commitment to jesus christ In this life and the next some people like man. I'm just gonna be humble. I'm just gonna be poor I'm just gonna suffer, you know in the my and my price is an eternity No, god wants to bless you here on earth too. God wants to bless you in your marriage God wants to bless you in your health in your finances in your family with every area that you're doing Look forward to the price because no the commitment to jesus christ will bring reward in jesus mighty name amen And the last one is surround yourself with cloud of witnesses Put yourself in a company who are striving to do what god has called you guys to do So around yourself in a place where you'll be able to see people around you challenging you join a home group Join a place where people will begin to know what is happening with you Find a mentor that will be able to speak into your life Not the things that you want to hear but the things that you should change in order for you to grow amen Find a place where people begin to say that you know, you need to cut this off You're too lazy. You need to you need to cut off this play these these things this and that God wants you to grow put yourself in that position where it hurts to hear But you know, it's done because you need to grow amen church God wants us to be people who are not just People who running after one time things one night stands one time events But people of everyday commitment and consistent to the purpose that god has called them to be amen church People watching this content. I hope this was a blessing to you If you're like me and you like to click on things Click on this Subscribe to our channel and the content will come to you every time we post it and remember the best is yet to come