"Loving God With ALl We Have"

Loving God with all we have

Matthew 22:37-38

Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This bis the first and greatest commandment.

All of Christianity can be summarized into two basic commandments: Love God and Love others.

When we truly love the Lord, He comes before anything or anyone else. When you love God, you put Him first. You put him first every day of the week and in every scenario.

Loving God seems like such a simple command and yet it can be so hard for many people. But why? Well, i’s not something we can fake our way through and it’s not something we can just do when it’s convenient for us.

A true love for God, shapes our entire lives. God doesn’t just want a half-hearted commitment; he wants our whole hearts. He wants us to love him with everything we have.

So, what does that look like practically? Well, it all comes down to priorities. Are you putting God first? Are you prioritizing spending time with God through prayer and studying His word?

Are you giving yourself time in the day to slow down and simply dwell in God’s presence? All of these things can help us develop a deeper love for the Lord. But we have to make a conscious effort to do these things.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you.

Often, we make the mistake of putting secondary things first… things like career, family, hobbies; these things are all good things, but we must not let them become the main thing and put them before God.

To love God with everything you have means to consider everything else as unimportant in comparison to God. Our attention and our devotion must not be divided. The Bible makes it clear that we should be placing God above all according to:

Luke 9:62Jesus said to him no one who puts his hand to the plow and look back is fit for the kingdom of God.

John 14:15 If you love me; you will keep my Commandments. To love God with everything you have means to faithfully obey him even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it’s painful.

It means loving our enemies, caring for the poor, and marginalized and spreading the gospel to the people all around us. And as we do these things, it will bring us true joy… Eternal joy.

There’s no room for regret or dissatisfaction in the kingdom of God. Every day we wrestle with our Earthly nature. We are tempted to love the desires of our flesh more than we love God. But the Bible lets us know that, that part of us has been crucified with Christ, it has no power over us.

True devotion to God means we are so filled with His spirit that our desires and God’s desires become one and the same. To love God with everything you have is to live fully on mission for Him. It means being willing to give your life for the sake of the Gospel. It’s the least we could for the one who gave His life for us.

Jesus loved us with everything he had, now let us strive to do the same.