Developing Character Loyalty

What is loyalty?  Someone who is loyal is dependable and will do what they have committed to.  When we think about loyalty, do we see it as something to be desired or does it bring a negative emotional response?

In our addiction, loyalty to family or friends and keeping our commitments to them was not something we prioritized.  Our loyalty was first to our dependency and to meet its demands.  Nothing else mattered to us.  However, our dependency was not loyal to us because it did not fulfill its promise of a lasting feeling of well-being.  Even though we faithfully fulfilled our dependency’s demands, it was never satisfied and only wanted more.  It made us sick in body, mind, and spirit.  

When we give our will and life over to the care of God, we make a commitment to God and He makes a commitment to us.  God is loyal to fulfill all the promises He makes to us.  Do our actions show loyalty in following the ways of God?  Are we willing to give the same kind of loyalty in our commitment to God as we were to the demands of our dependency? 

Today we have a fresh opportunity to not just “talk the talk” but to “walk the walk”.  If we remain in God’s love and care and follow His principles in all our affairs,  we will develop the character quality of being loyal to God and to others.   We will then have the fullness of life we are seeking.

Your love reaches higher than the heavens, and your loyalty extends beyond the clouds.  (Psalm 108:4 CEV)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Thank You for loving and caring for me.  Your loyalty will never fail me for You work everything together for my good.  Help me to be unyielding in my loyalty to You and Your ways in everything I say and do.  Amen