If you’re like most people in the world who celebrate Christmas, you and your family participate in the time-honored tradition of giving gifts. Imagine if you bought a gift for your special someone and wrote on the gift tag, “Fulfilling my seasonal obligations, ambivalently yours!” What do you think would be their response? They just might throw it back at you and say, “Keep it!” You see, our motives for what we do matter not just to people, but to God. Throughout Scripture, God reminds us that He desires more than “rote obedience.” In this passage, we’ll learn what it truly means to follow God from our hearts.
