Who is your heart Obedient to?

Obedience. The word conjures up different things for different people. Some may think simply of the act of obeying an order or command. As a child, most of use learned to be obedient to our parents because it kept us safe. "Don't touch the stove; it's hot!" or "hold mommie's hand as we cross the street", which ensured that we would not wander from the safety of the crosswalk and our beloved mommie.

For the Christian, obedience is also a simple act of obeying our Heavenly Father. The problem is that so often we find that we have fallen short of obeying the Father's command. On one hand, this may be because we don't know what his commandments are (we need to read the Bible more).

On the other hand, it may be because we have a heart problem. Our hearts are obedient to whoever we look to as king and lord of our life. Ask yourself, who is on the throne in your heart? Is it you? Is it your job? Is it money? Is it a policy, an ideal, or political motive? We are made to serve. The problem is that we all too often choose to serve ourselves rather than our creator, God. When God is in his rightful place on the throne in our heart, we can then begin to serve in true obedience to Him.

Deuteronomy 5:33Walk in obedience to all that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.