Loyalty To God

“You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name” (Deuteronomy 6:13).

Seeing what God has done and how He has kept His promises, this should lead us to fear the Lord.

To “fear,” means to show respect and reverence for God. It is to stand in awe and amazement, and to worship Him for who He is and what He has done.

Our loyalty not only stems from our fear or reverence to God, it’s also from our remembering that it is the Lord who remembers us.

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands” (Isaiah 49:15-16a).

The Lord was telling those who were in exile, and who thought God had forgotten all about them that He never would forget them. And He does so by likening it to a mother’s love, a love that soothes in times of suffering, surrenders all, that’s always there, and that follows us throughout life.

King David says that even though a mother or a father can forsake their children, God never would, and that’s because He never gives up, and He never lets go of His love for us.

“The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love’” (Jeremiah 31:3a).

This everlasting love is indelible, that is, it can never be removed.

“See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands” (Isaiah 49:16a).

The Lord Jesus has indelibly engraved our names into His hands, hands of power, hands of authority, but most importantly hands of love.

On the day of His resurrection Jesus appeared and showed the disciples His hands, and in essence said, “See, here is where I have inscribed you.”

With this, can we be then anything but loyal and worship Him?