Obeying God’s Word Is the Heart of Worship By Skip Heitzig

 

Obeying God’s Word Is the Heart of Worship By Skip Heitzig The importance of obeying Jesus is tied directly to worship. Jesus told His disciples, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15, NKJV). There are a couple of ways to read this. One is conditional: Keeping Jesus’ commands is how we show our love for Him. The second is correlational: In order to be able to keep Jesus’ commands, we have to truly love Him. As one translation puts it, “Loving me empowers you to obey my commands” (TPT). Looking at it this second way should affect how you worship Jesus. Your worship doesn’t make you worthy in His eyes, it recognizes that He alone is worthy. As you acknowledge that God deserves your complete devotion, He gives you the will and power to please Him in what you think, say and do.  READ MORE

TODAY’S PRAYER Heavenly Father, help me to have a heart to obey You at all times and in all circumstances. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.