Monday 22 February 2010

All of me

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6v5

When Jesus was asked to summarise the Law He did so with a simple statement. The first half of that statement was this passage of from God’s instructions to Israel. It describes in just a few succinct words our ideal relationship with God.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

It is obvious that our love for the Lord cannot be a half hearted affair. There is no room for holding back part of our love. It is a total dedication of all that we have. It is giving all of us to Him.

Frances Havergral penned these words regarding this kind of love for our Lord. They do far more justice to the thought than I could do.

Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee;
Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.

Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee;
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.

Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise;
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it Thine,

It shall be no longer mine;

Take my heart, it is Thine own,

It shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

As we read over those words we must ask ourselves if our love for our Lord is great enough that we could pray that prayer with open and earnest hearts.

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