What does it mean to be engaged?

What does it mean to be “engaged?” The dictionary says: “to occupy the attention or efforts of…to involve… to secure for aid, or employment, or hire…to attract and hold fast…to lease…to bind, or make pledge of promise, make liable…to betroth…to enter into conflict with…to cause gears to become interlocked with(as with a clutch)…entangle or involve…pledge one’s word, assume obligation…to cross weapons…

I am thinking that we have become a people who have “disengaged.”

We do not rely on one anther to keep our word, our pledges are fickle and self serving. We are not even under that liability of obligation ourselves when we speak a promise to someone else!  Even our wedding vows seem to be less significant than the price of the ring…we attract, but do not hold fast. This should not be so.

As Christians, we are called the “Bride of Christ.” We are His betrothed. It is a privilege to know that God Himself has sworn an oath over us to redeem us as His promise of engagement. He has made Himself liable for our iniquity and assumed the obligation for our sin. He has gone to war over us..and will enter into conflict with us if it is necessary for our good. He is engaged.

What will it take for us to comprehend the magnitude of this promise? When we will learn to trust as well as to submit? Why do we resit the very thing that will save us?

When will we become a people who are engaged?