+DEV+ Obedient at Heart

Date: November 26, 2012 11:14 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Obedient at Heart

Obedient at Heart

"This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome."  (1 John 5:3)
Scripture Focus: Esther 4:5-5:2

Esther was raised by her cousin Mordecai, a devout Jew. Living in exile in a pagan land, she was brought up to love her Jewish heritage and the God of her people. Mordecai also taught her early in her youth to be obedient (Esther 2:20). Even when, because of her rare beauty, she was taken from her home against her will - even when she was chosen to be queen - she still obeyed her cousin and God. She believed Mordecai's conviction that she was God's instrument to save her people from destruction.

By asking her fellow Jews to fast and pray with her before she went to plead with the king, she showed her desire to do God's will. She knew that her only hope was in God's providence and protection. She would do what was right, even if it meant she may perish.

Is there a place in your heart that needs to submit to God? Are you concerned about doing so? Choose to obey, knowing that Jesus has already gone before the King for you. He has perished (yet lives!) so that you might have eternal life with Him.

Insight: Take my will and make it thine;  It shall be no longer mine;  Take my heart-it is thine own;   It shall be thy royal throne. (Frances R. Havergal, 1874)