Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Love and Obedience

Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?" Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.”  John 14:22-24 

How many times does Jesus have to say it before the disciples…and each of us…gets it? Show how much you love Jesus by being obedient and keeping His Word…His Commandments. Get it? Got it. Just do it.
 
Obey. This message is really from the Heavenly Father. Jesus just delivered it. Jesus tells us over and over that He just speaks what the Father tells Him to say. Isn’t that just like an obedient Son? He listens and obeys. He says what He is told to say…He does what He is told to do. Jesus does it in a loving way…no sulking, whining or complaining. He does it and gives it His best efforts. Dade W. Moeller, founder of Dade Moeller & Associates, world renown Health Physicist and author, wrote an encouraging sixteen point speech several years ago that included Guidelines for Life—Rules for Success. One of those points was “Do every job a little better than anyone expects. If it’s good enough, it’s not.” I think that Dr. Moeller based that on the way Jesus approached life. Do your best—not just good enough to get by. Those are good words by which to live.  Does that fit into your way of doing things? Will you be totally obedient as you love God and others—not just good enough to get by? 

RSVP: Jesus is calling us to love Him, to keep His commandments—His words. How will you respond to Him today? 

Prayers for today~ Jesus, like it says in Proverbs 7:1, I will keep Your words and treasure Your commandments within me.
~ May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalms 19:14 NIV
~ Please continue to guide, protect and inspire me, my family and friends as we love and serve You by loving others.

© 2014 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.

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