Have you ever had someone, a human try to control you?
This can be a form of manipulation
or outright ordering you around
It is their effort to have you bow to them,
like they are in charge of you
And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:8
Our God is a jealous God
Meaning, He wants our adoration,
and if we give another what is due to God,
whether it is ourselves or another person or anything other than Him,
we are not serving Him well
Jesus needs to come first
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous,
is a jealous God: Exodus 34:14
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 4:24
And we all know that keeping God first is in the Ten Commandments,
the Commandment about having no other gods before Him
God doesn’t change, He still wants to have first place in our lives
and deserves that position
If anyone disagrees with that, they are not worthy of Him
So back to having someone try to control you
That is tricky because it can be someone whom you love,
a parent, a pastor, a friend, anyone who may demand you pay them homage
When someone uses manipulation, their motives are control
and have tactics that you might not see right away
Their ulterior motive is to have you obey them
It is quite sick and happens more than we realize
We are to follow Jesus and no man