Matthew 22: 37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
it is HARD to love God above all else... not because we don't think He is the greatest thing.. but it is hard to keep Him in that #1 spot.. and most of the time.. even when we think we have.. we haven't... situations and physical people crowd in our relationship with God and we push Him to a lesser position... even though this is not our intention.. this is what happens... it happened all through the bible.. this was the same battle that the Israelites had.. they had a vicious cycle of God first.. then falling away and being defeated.. then coming back to God and rising back up again.. and I say that we have this same cycle...
I don't think it is about God not being the one we love the most... I think it is just focus.. we get focused on what we are doing or where we are or what we need to get where we are going... when our complete focus is on God He is first.. when it is not.. He is not...
the bible tells us that if we seek God first.. everything else will be added to us... when will we ever come to the place that we are not seeking God in order to gain what we think we want? when will we really realize that God already knows what is best for us and just be accepting of His will above our own desires... when will we ever be able to lay down this flesh and the earthly desires?
Father I praise your holy holy name.. I thank you for choosing us.. I thank you for these friendships.. for these kingdom connections... I pray above all else Father that our focus remains on you.. not on our families.. not on our desires.. not even on our kingdom calling.. but on you personally and wholly... help us to come to the place where we are not thinking that if you are first we will have everything else.. but instead help us to realize that if you are first in our lives we already have everything.. in you comes every thing we could ever want or need or desire... I love you Father above all else... you are everything...
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