The bondage of love

And Jacob turns around and says, “If you’ll do this ….” He wants to trade with God. And he says, “If you’ll do it, then I’ll serve you.” God doesn’t do business with us that way. You don’t trade with God. A great many people even today say, “Now I’ll serve the Lord if He’ll do ….” He won’t do anything of the kind, friends. He doesn’t do business that way. He’ll extend mercy to you. He’ll be gracious to you. But He doesn’t ask anything in return. But He does say this: That if you love Him that you’ll really want to serve Him. And that will be the bondage of love. The same kind of love a mother has for the little child and she becomes its slave. That’s the way that He wants you, and that’s the way He wants me.