Today's promise: God pursues us with his
love
How Do You Love As God
Commanded?
Jesus replied, "The
most important commandment is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the
one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all
your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.' The second is equally
important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater
than these.
Mark 12:29-31 NLT
Whole Love
God commanded us to
love. It would have been easier if God had just said, "Run a mile a
day," or given us some other physical task. Then we wouldn't have to think
about it. We would create a routine of basic action. But God speaks of love as
an action that requires our whole selves.
Why must we love God? In
the divine plan for those creatures called human, loving God is as essential as
breathing is to our physical life. We must breathe. We can make ourselves
unable to breathe, or we can refuse to breathe — but now without consequences.
We must love God because the alternative, though possible, is unthinkable and
unbearable. How tragic that many choose to give "lip service" rather
than "lung service" to this basic law of spiritual life. Take a deep
breath and ask yourself what specific opportunities you will have today to
demonstrate your love for God.
WISE WAYS Think of some specific ways you
could demonstrate your love for God in your neighborhood.
Today, Lord, teach me to
love you with my whole being and share this love with others.
Adapted from The One Year® Book of Proverbs by Neil S.
Wilson, Tyndale House Publishers (2002), entry for March 4
Love is a fabric that never fades, no matter how
often it is washed in the waters of adversity and grief.
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Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
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