In Mark 12:30 Jesus Himself gave us this command:
30 And you shall love the Lord your God out of and with your whole heart and out of and with all your soul (your life) and out of and with all your mind (with your faculty of thought and your moral understanding) and out of and with all your strength. This is the first and principal commandment.
The MOST important commandment for us to obey is THIS one! When we do this, every other area of our lives will fall right into place! I want to share a portion of today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers:
We have to get out into faith in Jesus Christ continually; not a prayer meeting Jesus Christ, nor a book Jesus Christ, but the New Testament Jesus Christ, Who is God Incarnate, and Who ought to strike us to His feet as dead. Our faith must be in the One from Whom our experience springs. Jesus Christ wants our absolute abandon of devotion to Himself. We never can experience Jesus Christ, nor ever hold Him within the compass of our own hearts, but our faith must be built in strong emphatic confidence in Him.
It is along this line that we see the rugged impatience of the Holy Ghost against unbelief. All our fears are wicked, and we fear because we will not nourish ourselves in our faith. How can any one who is identified with Jesus Christ suffer from doubt or fear! It ought to be an absolute psalm of perfectly irrepressible, triumphant belief.
Loving HIM with everything within us will require spending time in His presence, getting to REALLY know Him! Every person in your life that you know well required that same commitment from you. How much more should we all invest in knowing HIM! Remember that Paul said THIS in Philippians 3:10:10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection
There is a price to pay if you really want to know the Lord your God in that way, but the rewards FAR outweigh the const! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with "One Thing":
Shalom in Him!
