Life In Community Part Three: Commit to the Church

Background Passage: Acts 2:1-47; Hebrews 10:19-25
Today’s Focal Passage: Hebrews 10:23-25

23 Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works, 25 not staying away from our meetings, as some habitually do, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.


As we grow and mature in our faith, our life should become increasingly shaped by and through our identity as followers of Jesus. It would be great if this kind of life and priority transformation would happen at our moment of salvation, but it is a life-long process.

Imagine two images that might represent our faith commitment: the first a pizza pie cut into slices and the second an old-fashion wagon wheel with numerous spokes.

In the first image, if our faith commitment is represented by a single slice of pizza, at most it touches two other slices – at their edges – representing a faith that minimally impacts the pizza as a whole.

In the second image, if our faith commitment is represented by the cog in the middle of the wheel – which touches every other part of the wheel, then we see how a faith commitment that is central to who we are and therefore touches every area of our life will have a much more profound impact on our life and the lives of those we connect with.

Central to having a wagon-wheel faith, as opposed to a pizza pie kind of faith, is a strong commitment to a body of believers. Worshiping, serving and giving in a local church setting.

Regardless of whether the current culture says that being committed to the Church is cool or not, the call of the author of Hebrews is to “never give up meeting together,” know full well that our ongoing spiritual formation and health is tied directly to this!

Father, in a noncommittal world, help me to be a person who is committed to You and Your Church!