Thursday 10 December 2015

Love God

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6.4-5

Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God will all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.’

Moses’ charge to Israel sets the foundation for everything else that follows all the way through to the gospel. When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment of all was He said ‘love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and strength’ but then he added ‘and love your neighbour as yourself.’

Love is integral. It is the key. Our faith is based on love. We only can love Him because He first loved. In our natural state we are at enmity with God. Our natural state is to love the world. Our natural state is to love ourselves.

The instruction to love God with all of our hearts is difficult because it is in warfare with our love for the world. We can’t possibly love them both. We are going to love one and hate the other.

Choosing to love God completely frees us from the pressure to love the world. Loving God supremely frees us up to love others with His love.

Our part starts with loving God. Loving God starts with Him loving us.


It’s all about love. 

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