Everyone—everywhere— yearns to be free. Strangely, the definition of freedom changes from one person to the next. But regardless of the type of thing we each call freedom, but even so, no one disagrees that in order to be truly free we must be free of anyone telling us what to think, say, or do… no one, that is, except the true disciple of Messiah.

We all choose favorites at one time or another. We have favorite foods, colors, clothes, books, songs, sports teams, movies, weather, pets, you name it. Sometimes—probably more often than we should—, we even have favorite people. But when dealing with people—especially people we are biased against—, we disciples of Messiah are not allowed to show favoritism…

What does devotion to God really mean? Does it mean that you would spend an hour each morning at dawn reading your Bible, praying, listening to music, and sipping Starbucks? What if true devotion has nothing to do with religion or “devotions” at all, but is instead about being consumed with God in every single thought, word and action?