December 6, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Is Your Love for Jesus Enough?

Jesus said, “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30 ESV). Jesus was speaking to all His disciples when He spoke these words; yes, this means you and me.

Many within the Body of Christ say, “Yes, we love God,” but Jesus questions our love for Him. When love is involved, there is a ‘measuring stick’ God uses to verify and validate our love. Love demands a standard to its authenticity and completeness. You and I cannot just say we ‘love God’ without a test to the depth of our love.

We measure our love to others and other people will naturally measure our love for them. Love demands standards and truthfulness.

One can love God with only their heart or only their soul or only their mind or only their strength. You have a choice how and to what extent you love God and Jesus knew this!

To love God means with all of you; not leaving anything out. Take a moment to make a personal survey of these four parts of what makes you, you. Do you love God with any part of you more or less than any other aspect of your life? Does your mind honor and love God or are there thoughts that limit or dishonor who God is? Do you use your strength—physical ability, talents, making money, using your time, or any personal traits in your life from doing more for God? How about your soul? That is, your spirit that makes up who you are and that which connects us to God—does your soul leap within you when you hear God’s voice or when you enter/feel the presence of God, or do your limit your reaction to God’s emotional connection to you? Lastly, what about your heart? Do you love this world or things in this world more than you love God? Do you love God first and last, and then and only then do you love others in this world as you have allowed yourself to be loved and love God?

Love is not simple; it is complicated! Jesus will say to you and me, “I never knew you” if you love the world more than you love God. Let’s make heaven our home by loving God with the four aspects of our being; with all that is ‘who we are’, leaving nothing undone and not limiting God’s access to any emotional, physical, mental, or spiritual aspect of our lives. You can do this because Jesus commanded us to love with this kind of love.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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