Father asks a lot.  He begins by calling us to a particular path in life.  Particular actions and habits clustered in themes.  Occasionally he is generous enough to explain where it all is going.  Often enough we are left with a simple command: study Latin, for instance.  it is not enough, however, to simply obey this command.

If I study Latin, soon I find myself needing motivation.  To accomplish a task, like learning another language thoroughly, one needs to commit himself to often boring labor over a period of years.  Motivation is needed to commence study every morning.  The form that this motivation takes can become a sort of idol.  Although I began my study of Latin because Father told me to, I study it every day because I am driven by the fantasy of my own intellectualism.

If this is my heart, I have not truly obeyed.  Father does ask for obedience in action, but he goes further and also asks for obedience in motivation.  Why should I study Latin today?  Because it makes my Father smile.