When many of us hear the letters M-O, we think mode of operation or modus operandi. This morning the Lord added value to the letters M-O by saying, it is a mode of operation, and our mode of operation that He desires from us is mutual obedience.

I wonder how many Christians consider the truth that we are to be in a mutually obedient relationship with Christ. The idea of Jesus obeying us seems like a foreign language, even to my ears, but when the Lord explained it to me this morning, it made total sense.

We see obedience in light of a military idea. There is a commander and we are soldiers that only do what we are told and if we don’t there is some form of punishment involved. I was watching a show last night about these social media influencers that get put through some military training drills, so they see what other people do for a living.

What I loved about the show is how the social media influencers were so grateful for the hard work the military people do to keep us safe and how they now have more content for their channels but it is not surface but substantive content.

Back to M-O. Mutual obedience is not only us obeying what God says, asks us to do, but God obeying what we ask Him to do. I know this sounds weird, but think about this, prayer is us asking God to do what we ask of Him. We want the Lord to respond to our requests, asks, and He wants us to do the same for Him.

When we learn the dance of M-O, mutual obedience, it will help us understand more clearly what Jesus said in John 15, “If you love me you will do what I say.” It is an invitation to M-O, mutual obedience, for He wants to do what you say and He wants you to do what He says, for you and God are on the same team, you are not rivals. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org