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.
30 Love 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
What is most important in your life? Is it your family, your work, or something else that drives you on a daily basis? When you look at how you follow Christ, what is the most important thing you can do daily to follow the path that God set out for us. God created commandments that set us up for success and place us on a path back to Him and the rewards that await us in Heaven. Loving the Lord, while the first commandment, is often ignored or placed on the side for other things, but if you notice we have to do it with all our mind and our strength. When we put effort into Loving God, everything else really can fall into place. We cannot forget loving our neighbor, either, which can be very hard to do at times. But if you love the Lord first, the second should be easy. We need to reflect on the most important things in our life daily, because it is very easy to fall into the trap of finding things other than God as important when they really are not. I hope that my focus on the important things will bring me closer to God daily.
Have a great weekend.
Matt
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