Religiosity makes a person go to church every Sunday, dress a certain way, talk different, filter what he or she listens and reads, and even moves the person to give money for certain causes. But religiosity doesn’t touch the intimate being, our affections, our zeal, and our desires. We may sing a song or say a prayer, but it lacks power, effectiveness; it’s dull and empty and it reaches the air.Devotion, on the other hand, reaches God. It goes beyond the walls of a church building into the streets, into our cars, at our work place, at home. It touches the innermost fibers of your being; it stays with us at night when we go to sleep, and is with us when we wake up. “Whether you eat or drink, or do anything else, do it all for God’s glory.” A lifestyle of passion for God is not restricted to one particular activity, during one particular day in a particular place; it’s a 24 hour way of life.
Devotion is fed by fervent prayer, by meditating in God’s Word, by responding to the Spirit in humility and obedience. It bursts into praises and singing to God. It makes its beholder to laugh and cry with deep emotion for the things of God. Religiosity is a response of duty and becomes mechanical; devotion is a response of earnest love and is spontaneous. Which do you posses?
Devotion to God makes life to be packed with excitement, and free from religion. Experience it for yourself!
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