What Will It Cost You to Keep Your Commitment to God?

What will it cost you to keep your commitment to God? In this episode of The Commitment of Faith, Pastor Roderick Webster (Words From The Word daily devotion) walks through one of the most sobering moments in Judges 11:30–35 (KJV)—the vow Jephthah made before going to battle.

Jephthah makes a conditional vow to the Lord: if God grants victory, whatever comes out to meet him first when he returns home will belong to the Lord. God gives the victory—fully. But when Jephthah comes home, the first to meet him is the one person he loves most: his only daughter.

This devotion presses a personal question on every believer: What commitments have you made to God—and what has kept you from fully following through?
Maybe you’ve said, “Lord, use my life,” “I’ll serve,” “I’ll teach,” “I’ll go,” “I’ll obey”… and then something stood in the way. A relationship. Friends. A job. Pleasure. Comfort.

Pastor Webster calls us to examine the cost of commitment and to ask God for strength to choose Him when our faith is tested.

🙏 If you’ve been held back from a closer walk with God, this message is for you. Please listen, reflect, and share with someone who needs help choosing the Lord.

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0:00 To God Be the Glory (hymn)
0:55 Living for Jesus (hymn)
1:25 Are you living for Jesus?
1:58 Jephthah’s vow begins (Judges 11:30)
2:25 The condition of the vow
2:59 “Whatever comes out” explained
3:29 Vows are commitments
4:01 Commitments we’ve made to God
4:55 “Whatever it may be” — total surrender
5:25 We fail to keep commitments
5:32 God gives victory (Judges 11:32–33)
6:52 The daughter comes out (Judges 11:34)
7:59 Jephthah’s grief (Judges 11:35)
8:53 What is holding you back?
9:24 Prayer: make it right
9:47 Next episode preview: the cost
10:11 Choosing God when forced
10:33 Closing prayer + share