THAT which we have committed unto Him against THAT day. There are three THAT’S in the King James rendering and they make a mighty trio. And what a word is that middle THAT! God will keep THAT which we com mit. He will keep only what we commit but He will keep all that we commit. We are to commit our souls unto Him and if He can keep the greater, He can keep the lesser so we ought to give Him everything we are and have. This is what the New Testa ment word for faith means any way. It is more than believing; it is trust. It is more than con fidence; it is committal. In the little home town of my early years, we had two banks, but I trusted only one. I believed both were reliable but I made actual committal to only one. Some be lieve that Jesus is the Son of God, that the Bible is the Word of God, that God will keep what we commit, but they never make the deposit. Paul did not merely believe God was trustworthy; he trusted God. Some of us commit our souls to Him but insist on trying to take care of lesser matters ourselves. Imagine a motorist picking up a weary traveler lugging a heavy load. The tired pilgrim sits down in the car but keeps his load upon his shoulder. He explains that since the motorist was so kind as to haul him, he does not wish to add the extra burden! God will take care of any load we have and we ought to take our burdens to Him and leave them there. Since He careth for us, we should let Him do it. He would be a foolish man who deposited his money at the bank and then returned every day wor ried and asking, “Is it still there?” God has promised to keep all we commit against THAT DAY. That ought to make it safe enough! After we have really made the deposit of everything from the greatest to the smallest, then we can turn ourselves to serving the Lord, relieved of our cares and detached from our burdens. Some
by Dr. Vance Havner
“For I know whom I have be lieved, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. “That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us”
I n these two verses, Paul is writing about two committals: a committal which he has made to God and a committal which God has made to Timothy. The word used is equivalent to our banking word, “deposit.” Paul has de posited something with God and God has deposited something with Timothy. Indeed in verse 12, there has been uncertainty as to wheth
er the deposit there is Paul’s com mittal to God or God’s commit ment to Paul. Some translate it either way. It could read “My trust” and that could be true in both cases. But generally it seems pretty well agreed that Paul is thinking of his deposit with God. Many a Christian has pillowed his weary head on this precious certainty, THAT God will keep
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