I Pledge Allegiance to the......

I was at church Sunday when the song "I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb" was played. As i was listening to it, i, of course, started thinking about the words. It occurred to me that we teach our children to pledge allegiance the flag, what it means to have allegiance to our country, but what about allegiance to God? Do we teach our children to pledge allegiance to God? We often will take them to church. We teach them prayers such as "God is good, God is great, let us thank him for our food." Or the popular "Now i lay me down to sleep, i pray the Lord my soul to keep. If i should die before i wake, i pray the Lord my soul to take" Actually that one is really sad. I know it has a purpose of teaching our children that God is the way to Heaven but still...they are children....God will take them home with him if the unforeseen should happen. Anyway....we do all these things....but then by our own lives...do we teach our children allegiance to God? I know many who do....but i know many who don't. I'd throw myself in that second category too. Does that make me proud...of course not! As a military family, allegiance is another one of those words that my kids know and understand. Unlike the word deployment, however, the word allegiance instills a positive attitude, happiness, and pride. That's only speaking of allegiance to our country. Imagine the feelings we could experience if we are talking about our allegiance to God. Those feelings could be sooo greatly multiplied. The words to Ray Bolton's song should be as much a part of our children's vocabulary (as well as our own) as the words to the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag. For those of you who do not know the song...here's the lyrics to the chorus....i can look up the words to the whole song if you want them but for now i have the chorus....

"I pledge allegiance to the Lamb, with all my strength, with all i am. I seek to honor his commands. I pledge allegiance to the Lamb."

As you go about your day today and everyday...think about these words. Are you by your actions and attitudes pledging your allegiance to the Lamb?