--WHY WE OBEY ~~

--" The God who made the world and all things in it, He is the Lord of heaven and earth, and does not dwell in temples made with hands.
Human hands can't serve His needs--for He has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and He satisfies every need."
---(ACTS 17:25 / NLT) --

---Consider a reason we sometimes do things for God: we long to win Him over. We yearn to keep Him on our side. We do so as if anything we can give Him satisfies something within Him. And yet whatever we can offer Him is giving a piece of lint to a billionaire--it is as nothing because He owns and rules all things. Rather, He has given us our very lives and everything we need.

So often we get this mixed up. We're so busy trying to make God into our image--ascribing our needs and standards to Him--that we become blinded to the grandeur of who He really is.

But our God is already in control of all things, so He isn't looking for more possessions or authority. Rather, He gives us commandments for our good because He loves us, not because He wants to oppress us. He is revealing whether we truly respect Him as God or if we still have bondage to the world in us.

So that's actually why we should serve Him--because He deserves it and knows what is best for us. To love Him--because He deserves it and knows what is best for us. To love Him out of gratefulness because He first loved us. ~~

-"Lord Jesus, I will obey You out of love and respect. Lead, guide and direct my steps to show others Your way. In Your Name.~"

----MY HOPE IS IN JESUS BECAUSE HE IS SO GOOD TO ME AND IN HIM I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.~~

--"Jesus Our Perfect Hope"/CS~
--"Come Now" / (lyric video) // Mack Brock // <https://youtu.be/aRcBFftPOhA>