This is one of many true sayings, and it is just as true as it sounds. You don’t need to be asked several times to do something before you do it if it is something you love to do. On the contrary, you jump at the chance to do it. Almost of all religiosity is quite simply bondage. People think they have to do certain things according to the knowledge they have without having a desire to do it, without loving to do it. Generally speaking, people pay their bills and their taxes, but as often as not, the desire to do it is sorely lacking. This is far from loving it, as we read in Psalm 112:1 for example: “Blessed is the man . . . who delights greatly in His commandments.” We are quick to do whatever we delight to do, what we greatly love to do. We leave other things behind and hasten to do what we delight to do. For example, if you have a beloved with whom you are head over heels in love, you leave everything, deny yourself anything else and hurry to be with your beloved! This is something the whole world knows. Dear brother and sister, how much do you love your heavenly Bridegroom? And, how about your love of (and desire for) all His will? Let us note His words in Hosea 6:4-6: “What shall I do to you? For your loveNKJV: faithfulness. is like a morning cloud, and like the early dew it goes away.” It often happens that love awakens, and then it dies down again. Alas! Alas! What wretchedness! God help us all that it may be powerfully awakened and never die down again so that we are found to be in that love when the Bridegroom soon comes to fetch His bride.Elias Aslaksen