Heart and Soul

Jesus said that we are to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind .’" This is the first and greatest commandment" (Mt 22:37-38).  So, what does this mean?  Do we fulfill this commandment by going to church once a week, making a contribution to the Sunday offering, and reading our Bibles every now and then?

What if we used this kind of thinking when we are trying to court someone?  Would we have won the heart of our spouse if we had expended the same amount of time and energy on him/her as we do with the Lord?  When you were falling in love, did you find it impossible  to carve out time for her/him?

When we are falling head over heels  in  love with someone, finding time is not a problem. coming up with the energy to stay up past your bedtime is not that difficult, coming up with extra money to spend on her/him is not all that tough either.  When someone becomes the object of your affection, time and money and effort are no problem.

But when it comes to God, we have difficulty finding time to commune with him.  Making a sigficant weekly offering seems a lot to ask.  Daily devotion and prayer just seems like too much, we simply don't have the time.

So how did you find all that time, money and energy when you were  dating?  You were falling in lover, heart and soul.  What else could you do?  She was the object of your affection and was first in your heart, on your mind and in your soul.  What else could you do?

The Lord is to be our first and foremost love, what ought we to be doing?  If God is our first and greatest love, if we have committed our heart and soul, what will be the level of our dedication and the depth of our affection?  What would our days look like?  What would be the subject of our conversations?  How would our lives change?  Jus' Ask'n?