How Devoted Are You?

Someone once said, “I know that we are expected to keep the Lord’s commandments, but I have a hard time wanting to. It just seems to take too much effort to be a Christian.” Sadly, I have found that a lot of people struggle with this. Many seem to understand the “concept” of faithful obedience, but their heart is simply not in it. Thus, the “heart” is the problem.

I believe the answer to this dilemma is devotion. A husband may claim to love his wife, and may even do things for her, but if he is not “devoted” to her he will likely do those things (if he does them at all) only out of grumbling obligation. Whereas if he ardently respects, admires and cherishes her, he will greatly desire to do anything for her and more. The same is true regarding our relationship with the Lord. God wants us to do His will because we WANT TO, not simply because we HAVE TO (Jn. 4:23-24). Through devotion will we realize that His commandments are not burdensome (1 Jn. 5:3).

Jesus once said, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (Jn. 14:15). Do you?

Aaron Veyon