What is the difference between commitment and loyalty

One day, when I was about nine years old, my mother called me to her bed. She was very sick. So I want you to be a good boy. I want you to promise me before I go that you will never use whiskey or tobacco as long as you live. Lincoln is a great example of commitment and faithfulness. He could have rationalized his promise away later in life. When we come to the Word of Truth. God wants our faithfulness. If we have made promises, we need to keep them — first to God and then to anyone else in this life, unless it was a commitment to sin!

Jeremiah On the other hand, loyalty means faithfulness to an individual or a company or a cause. One can be committed and loyal to a job but situation becomes tricky when one is committed to someone and has divided loyalties. Let us take a closer look. We can make a promise to an individual for example our spouse to remain committed but loyalty is a feeling that comes from within and has nothing to do with our words of promise.

As long as there is a feeling of loyalty towards what we have committed ourselves to, there is no friction inside and a person does not feel torn apart but problems begin as soon as there are differences between commitment and loyalty. There are individuals who say they are committed to their wives but are not loyal in private leading to suspicion, quarrels, and even divorces. At the age of 9, he promised his ailing mother never to touch alcohol and tobacco in his life, and he never in his life consumed either alcohol, or cigarette.

He could have rationalized his promise since his mother was no more, later in his life, but he was faithful to the promise he made, and you can see what he achieved in life. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. If so, what IS the difference? Is one better than the other? Can one be loyal to their marriage, but not there emotionally? I AM sure of this though… Marriage is work.

What are YOUR thoughts on loyalty…on commitment? Would love to hear from you! Denise Marcelle. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.