Obedience

My Lord Jesus, I come before you as your servant. You humbled yourself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross! Remind me to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work. I know that if I present myself as an obedient slave, I am slave of the one I obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness. As your servant, Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams. Like an obedient child, I will not comply with the evil urges I used to follow in my ignorance, but, like the Holy One who called me, become holy myself in all of my conduct, for it is written, “I shall be holy, because You are holy.” For just as through the disobedience of the one man, I was made a sinner, so also through the obedience of One man I am made righteous. It is in the name of that One man that I pray, Amen.

Obedience