This above all other things is what we need to apply to our lives more than anything else. It is so important to understand that the singular object of our undivided love is our God. I mean this love is a love that transcends all things and should be shared with no one else.
I know there are some out there that say what about our spouse? Our children? Our friends? Moses, wholly unapologetic about this edict continues to say, "Write these commandments that I've given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates." (v.7-8) In other words, loving God isn't something that should be done only when you go to church (or are around church people). It should be embedded in your lifestyle and passed on to the generations that succeed you.
Its not at all difficult to love God. Everything that we have in life is because of Him. Our blessed lifestyles are totally unmerited due to our sinful nature, but it's freely passed down to us from Him. If we can't make Him the greatest love of our lives then we really don't understand where it is we came from... and (more importantly) where we were destined to live.
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