The Lord our
God is Lord alone! You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and
with all your strength.
It is not just a kiss
or a hug, or a simple “I Love You” which we normally give to our loved ones to
show our love. It is not just a saying
sweet things and thoughts similar to the content of our love letters.
Jesus did not say just to love. He
said we must love the Lord with our WHOLE heart and soul and with ALL our mind
and strength.
With
all our heart… That means we must be thankful for everything in our
life, past and present. Thankfulness to
God is an indication of a heart that has right standing before God. Out of a
thankful heart will flow our true expressions of love to God, including praise,
worship, and obedience.
With
all our soul… Loving God with all our soul means to love him with
our whole being, with who we are. Loving
God with all our soul means our personality and our identity will be defined by
our love for God. And as grow our faith
in Him, we continually change for the better towards perfection in Him.
With
all our mind… Our mind has
to get engaged with constant renewal of how we think about our life and our
relationship with God. We must say: “I
need to think rightly – my mind must be engaged with loving God.” Once we learn how wonderful God is then our
feelings will follow and will allow us to act in total obedience to His Word.
With
all our strength… Loving
him with all your strength suggests loving him with all our energy, with our
best effort, with all our physical ability.
Love God with all our strength by spending ourselves for Him – by
surrendering our life to God!
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, may I love You in all
things and above all things. Place in my
heart a desire to please You and fill my mind with thoughts of Your love. Amen +
I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
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