Love, the Most Important One

 Job 23-24; Mark 11-12 

“…‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ ‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘Is this: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself…’”

Mark 12:28-31

Just as there are essential barriers that must be addressed and surrendered in order to enter the kingdom of God, so there are essential priorities for those in the kingdom. Loving the one true God with all that we are and all that we have is the litmus test for a disciple of Christ. We love God because he first loved us. It is our experience of God’s grace-filled, pursuing love that fills us with wonder and awe. Our loving response to God’s pursuing love for us is to love God with all that we are and have. If this is not characterizing our lives, we must ask whether we ourselves have experienced God’s love. 

Are we his disciples or are we still trying to find love in the wrong places?

The overflow of this love will touch our families and our neighbors. It is sacrificial pursing love which marks the disciples of Christ.

“Lord Jesus, thank you for your love, so I can love.”