The Obedience of Gravity
By Jon Walker
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Luke 1:38 (NIV)
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When God sent an angel to Mary, telling her she would conceive the child, Jesus, even though she was a virgin, she responded with immediate obedience.
“Whatever you say, God,” is in essence what she said. “What you have said will be so,” which is an elegant way to say, “Your wish, my King, is my command.”
Our objective-in-Jesus is for obedience to become so natural to us that we do it without even thinking. It becomes second nature to us, an automatic response, like, “May it be to me as you have said” (Luke 1:38 NIV).
One way to think about this is the obedience of gravity. Gravity is so faithful, so consistent to do what God designed it to do that we don’t even think in terms of gravity being disobedient or inconsistent to its nature. It always follows the command of God, the law of gravity he established.
Now, you and I are not an inanimate force, and we’re very capable of being unfaithful and inconsistent in our obedience to God’s commands.
Yet, Jesus said it is by following his commands that we show our love for him. Just as gravity is inseparable from its obedience to God’s laws, our love and obedience should mature toward being inseparable from the commands of God’s heart.
Our objective-in-Jesus, as impossible as it sounds, is to become so obedient to God that those who know us cannot imagine us ever doing anything other than obey—just like gravity.
In that moment, we become so obedient to who God designed us to be that, in paradox, denying self and service to others is so natural to us that we seem out of character when we don’t do these things.
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