Of
All
The Commandments,
Which
Is The Most Important?
Scripture
Mark
12
28
...“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29 Jesus
replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O
Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord.
30 And
you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all
your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’
31 The
second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No
other commandment is greater than these.”
Observation
The
Bible is full of promises, but it is also full of commands for us to
follow!
The
religious man that approached Jesus with this question might have
been trying to trap Jesus but Jesus' answer to the question has been
permanently recorded in Scripture for us to live our lives by.
Do
you want to experience life, life that is filled with joy, life that
is filled with purpose, life that is filled with meaning, and life
that is overflowing with abundance?
Do
you? I sure do!
Mark
12:28-31 tells us how!
It
is also the secret for having a wonderful marriage! By the say,
today, Kathy and I begin the first day of our 50th year of
marriage. Yesterday, we celebrated 49 years of marriage and so today
we start on year 50!
So
here is how you and I can experience life the way that God intended
for us to experience it! It is pretty simple. Put God first, and
everybody else second.
Looking
back over 49 years of marriage, the worst times for us have been when
Eddy (me, myself and I) selfishly demanded first place. And if you
were to be honest, you might admit the same thing about your life.
Right
now at this very moment, I know selfish men that are wrecking their
marriages, and in the past I have seen selfish women do the same
thing.
When
God does not have first place in our lives nothing works right.
So
finding a new partner is not the answer and neither is divorcing your
spouse.
Finding
a new job, making more money, buying something new, getting something
bigger, something prettier, shinier, or escaping and living out in
the woods, none of these are going to fill the emptiness in our life.
Only
by daily living out these two commandments will you and I be blessed!
Application
I
will try my best daily to keep God first, Kathy second, and everyone
else third, and myself last.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me to love you with all my heart, all my soul, all my
mind, and all my strength and help me to love everyone else as much
as I love myself. Don't let me be stingy. Don't let me be selfish.
Give me Your heart for those around me.
Daily
Bible Reading: Job 23,24; Mark 11,12
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