Love The Lord Your God With All Your Heart
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Deuteronomy 6:4-5
It was the tendency of people in the early days of Israel to worship many gods. They had gods for everything; rain, draught, livestock, love, and the list grew to hundreds. People today are not much different. In India the Hindu people have listed over 3 million gods. Why all the gods?
Religion is a complex thing. People adhere to a religion for two basic reasons; fear and hope. Some out of fear of loss, or fear of death. Others adhere to religion out of hope; hope for a future, hope for prosperity, etc. Both of those reasons inspire people to keep looking for something better and more affective in realizing their purposes for believing.
God was calling Israel to faith in himself as the almighty; the one who stands alone. The challenge Israel had was they had difficulty believing that one God could do it all, and they had doubts as to whether the one God would come through with the promised blessings.
Israel’s challenge is mirrored in society today. Religious people today have difficulty putting all of their eggs in one basket, so to speak. People tend to use religion to secure their place in heaven, and some use it for social and other benefits, but they trust other entities for the rest of their life. There is the government, career, insurance, and all the entities of our life that we trust. What we trust becomes our God. We should discover who we trust.
Just as Israel was commanded to love and trust God with all of their heart, soul and strength, so we are challenged in the same way today. Love him, there is no other god.
Prayer: Lord, in times of fearfulness I tend to trust my own resources rather than to trust you. Grant me the grace to love and trust you above all things, even my own abilities. Let my fear be in reverence of you and let my hope be inspired by your love. Amen.
Message: God is calling followers of Christ to faith in himself as the almighty; the one who stands alone. The challenge we have is believing God will come through with the promised blessings. We are challenged, as Israel, to love and trust God with all our heart, soul and strength. Love him, there is no other god.
Affirmation: I understand that there is just one God and I am fully committed to him. He is the Lord God Almighty, and he is manifest to mankind through Jesus, the Christ.
Reflection: This devotion speaks of how ancient peoples tended to ascribe to various gods the responsibility for much of what they faced in life. Do people today have gods in their life which take the place of Almighty God?
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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Deuteronomy 6:4-5
It was the tendency of people in the early days of Israel to worship many gods. They had gods for everything; rain, draught, livestock, love, and the list grew to hundreds. People today are not much different. In India the Hindu people have listed over 3 million gods. Why all the gods?
Religion is a complex thing. People adhere to a religion for two basic reasons; fear and hope. Some out of fear of loss, or fear of death. Others adhere to religion out of hope; hope for a future, hope for prosperity, etc. Both of those reasons inspire people to keep looking for something better and more affective in realizing their purposes for believing.
God was calling Israel to faith in himself as the almighty; the one who stands alone. The challenge Israel had was they had difficulty believing that one God could do it all, and they had doubts as to whether the one God would come through with the promised blessings.
Israel’s challenge is mirrored in society today. Religious people today have difficulty putting all of their eggs in one basket, so to speak. People tend to use religion to secure their place in heaven, and some use it for social and other benefits, but they trust other entities for the rest of their life. There is the government, career, insurance, and all the entities of our life that we trust. What we trust becomes our God. We should discover who we trust.
Just as Israel was commanded to love and trust God with all of their heart, soul and strength, so we are challenged in the same way today. Love him, there is no other god.
Prayer: Lord, in times of fearfulness I tend to trust my own resources rather than to trust you. Grant me the grace to love and trust you above all things, even my own abilities. Let my fear be in reverence of you and let my hope be inspired by your love. Amen.
Message: God is calling followers of Christ to faith in himself as the almighty; the one who stands alone. The challenge we have is believing God will come through with the promised blessings. We are challenged, as Israel, to love and trust God with all our heart, soul and strength. Love him, there is no other god.
Affirmation: I understand that there is just one God and I am fully committed to him. He is the Lord God Almighty, and he is manifest to mankind through Jesus, the Christ.
Reflection: This devotion speaks of how ancient peoples tended to ascribe to various gods the responsibility for much of what they faced in life. Do people today have gods in their life which take the place of Almighty God?
Get the full month of devotions about Love : JUST CLICK HERE
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