“’Love The Lord Your God With

All Your Heart’”

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:34-40

When we play games we know that winning is great. Playing the game is even greater, but the best is loving the game. So it is with our love for Jesus. Loving Him is the greatest thing, and His commandment back to us is to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Whatever else our faith in Jesus Christ compels us to do, there is nothing greater we can do than to show our love – because love reveals the heart of our holy heavenly Father. Our focus is to love God. That in turn enables us to love one another. There is nothing greater.

The proof of our love for God is our obedience

to the commands of God.

Our Daily Bread – March 12, 2012