28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" 29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12: 28-31
Well, folks, it doesn't get much clearer than that. The greatest commandment of ALL is to love the Lord with all your heart, mind and soul. After that, we are to love our neighbors (friends, family, all......). Bottom line - there it is. The greatest commandment from God to his followers.
Here is my question to you - if you have given your life over to Christ and professed belief in him, are you following this commandment? Are you loving the Lord with everything you have? ALL of your heart, mind and soul? My friends, we are commanded to - it is not a suggestion. And guess what? God commands this to us for our own good. For you see, after giving him ALL of ourselves, we are in a position of humility, love and obedience for him to bless us and show His favor to us. I encourage you this day, week, weekend, whenever, to go the Lord and confess any areas where you are not loving Him with everything you have. I know that I need to continually ask the Lord where I can be loving Him more. Then, let's commit to making some steps to spending more time in His Word and in prayer. He will take care of the rest. All we have to do is be willing and He will empower you. Then we can begin living the abundant life He came to give!
