I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 34:1
If I had to pick only two words to describe my grandmother,
those words would have to be “thoughtless loyalty.” Now I know what you’re
thinking. “What did he just say”? I know at first glance those two words do not
seem to go together at all. In fact, if anything, they seem like total
opposites. However, I think that once I explain what I mean you will see that
they work together perfectly in this particular area of life that I want us to
think about today.
When I was a kid, my grandmother was constantly pointing us
to Jesus. She was constantly saying things like, “Jesus likes it when we…” or “Jesus
doesn’t like it when we…” It was almost like she said it without even thinking.
He was always on her mind, and she was always relating our current situation—whatever
that may have been at the time—back to Him and His Word. She was thoughtlessly
loyal to her Lord.
I remember her telling me a story a few years ago that illustrated
this perfectly. My grandmother works as a cashier in a school cafeteria. One
particular day she caught a young boy stealing. In her usual fashion, she
looked down at him and said, “Jesus doesn’t like it when we steal.” Being the
man of little faith that I am, my first response was to say, “You could have
lost your job!” You see, my grandmother works in a public school where it is
forbidden for teachers to proclaim the name of the Lord. My response revealed
my weakness. Her response revealed her strength, wisdom, and dedication to the
God she loves, for she simply looked at me that day and said, “I said it
without thinking.”
How I long to have the faith of my grandmother who has proven
to be thoughtlessly loyal to her God. She knows that Jesus is the name “which is above every name,” and she is not afraid to proclaim
it (Philippians 2:9). It does not matter where she is or who she is with. She
knows that there is power in the name of the Lord, and she does not hesitate to
speak it. May we all learn to be thoughtlessly loyal to the Lord our God,
speaking His name first and thinking about how it will be received later.
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