Matthew 22: 37 “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’”
Dear God,
Thank You again for my life, and the opportunity to enjoy the experience. Above all else, to have a knowledge of You, and to know that You love me, and I cherish the promise that when I can be filled with Your love, with the ability to love others better, not in a selfish or self-interested way, but in the way Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 13. My love if from You will be manifested without reference to myself, because Your love is supernatural and can only be within me, when I have asked and been cleansed from all sins. As it was for Jesus so it can be for me, that Your love flows out to all I meet, expecting nothing in return, though it is appreciated by You and I, when love is returned.
Your love is constant to each person, whether they acknowledge or accept Your love. Love is an essential part of Your makeup, therefore it is impossible for You not to love every person, no matter what type of person they are. The young lawyer who asked Jesus a question to test Jesus, was secure in the knowledge, that he had always kept all God’s commandments to the letter, but had never considered that they had been spoken in love, and reflected God’s love in action. Therefore the keeping of God’s commandments without love availed nothing toward his salvation.
Today Lord, I give my heart and service, accepting Your love and in the strength of the Holy Spirit, will love You and my fellow man, with a true heart, which I of myself do not have.
Thank You that You accept and strengthen me unto the day ahead.
Amen