As the year moves forward, responsibilities return and decisions begin to stack up. The question shifts naturally from who we are becoming to what we should do. Doing itself is not the problem. Scripture never dismisses obedience or action.

The trouble comes when doing is disconnected from being.

Jesus names the order clearly: “If you love me, obey my commandments” (John 14:15).

Love comes first. Obedience follows.

Doing is meant to be a response to relationship, not a requirement for it. When love leads, obedience becomes an expression of trust rather than a test of worth.

Much of what we call discipline is actually fear in disguise: fear of falling behind, fear of disappointing God, fear that if we stop moving, something essential will be lost. But obedience rooted in fear always fractures over time. Obedience rooted in love deepens.

When our inner life is anchored in presence, doing takes on a different texture. It becomes slower, wiser and more discerning. We begin to notice not just what is urgent, but what is faithful. We move beyond wanting to do everything that is possible to understanding what is required of us and what is not.

This kind of obedience is the natural overflow of a transformed inner life. When our being is rooted in Christ, our doing becomes steady rather than strained.

We do not obey to belong.
We obey because we belong.

The invitation is not to do less, rather to do differently. To let radical obedience rise from intimacy rather than pressure. May we act from identity instead of expectation. When being leads, doing no longer feels like something we have to sustain on our own.

We MAKE ROOM to be with Jesus so that we become like Him and, in return, do as He did.

He is the treasure. He is the prize.