The passage I read was Deuteronomy 6:4-15
You can find that passage here:
My summary of the passage is this:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your strength. Love
Him out loud. Don’t hide your love for
God. Love Him openly in such a way that
every person that sees you or comes to your house, knows that you love
God. Do not forget this for even a
moment of your day.
When the Lord has saved you, and you are walking in
obedience to Him and all is good and you are greatly blessed and He is generous
and giving you life, don’t during this time forget Him. Don’t in the easy breezy times in life choose
to walk into sin and serve other gods (i.e. yourself, money, lust, sins of self
indulgence). There is a high accountability for such
actions because the Lord is a jealous God.
My son said:
When we get something good, we can’t forget that Jesus gave
it to us. And we can’t worship other
gods or He’ll wipe us off the face of the planet and we’ll burn in hell.
As I reflect:
Loving the Lord is not something you only do in prayer
before dinner. It’s not something you
just do in church on Sunday morning.
It’s not something you only share in secrecy should a friend or close
loved one ask you on the down low. Loving the Lord is to be done all the time
and it’s to be done openly. If someone
comes to my house, they should know that I love the Lord. It should be obvious. If I go to the supermarket, what reason do I
have to talk to a cashier or someone in line without letting them know that I
love the Lord because He first loved me.
I should be excited to share this information with people. I think too often I let that conversation
fall through my fingers because I care too much what that person will think of
me. That’s complete rubbish. I am saved from hell. I am saved from my own addictive sin
nature. I am happy about that and I want
others to also be saved from the same things.
If I am truly loving the Lord
with all of my heart, soul, and strength, then I should be constantly sharing
his good Word with others. It should not
be something that can be concealed. It
is also important to remember on the daily, that when all is well and it is so
often easy to fall into sin, I cannot forget that God has saved me from the
fire and I need to keep my eyes on Him. It’s
easy for someone who is saved to focus on God and spend time in prayer and
outreach when times are rough because our struggles and suffering draws us
nearer to Him. But when things are going
great…. When we are being blessed left and right and there are no struggles to
be seen in any direction; these are the times to watch out for the attack. It’s so easy to sin when you aren’t on your
toes. So easy to trip when your forget
to watch how your walkin.
My son said:
Sometimes when I’m having a lot of fun, I forget about
Jesus. I forget about Him totally and am
just having too much fun to remember He is here with me. And I think a way to not do that is to love
the Lord with all my heart and soul and strength because you can’t forget
someone you love that much.
My response to the Lord:
Lord, I already feel you pushing gently on my heart to
witness. I pray your would continue to
build up a stronger more bold will in me to do so every time and to not shy
down for fear of judgment from others. I
want to share your Word Father. You are
blessing me with such consistency that it can almost become a thing not
considered from time to time as I become used to walking in your grace. This however is a wrong way of thinking. Lord please keep me ever mindful and alert to
the enemy’s attacks. I pray I keep my
eyes on you always, during the storm and during the perfect weather. Lord, may I always grow in devotion to
you. May I never step to the left or the
right or the back, but rather keep my focus on you and continue to grow in
servitude. May I serve you each day more
than the last Father. In Jesus name I
pray, Amen.
My son said:
Dear Lord, please help us not forget you are here with us
all the time. And please help us love
you with all our heart, all our strength, and all our soul. Amen.
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