“Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind” (Matthew 22:36-37 KJV). Devotion to God is the first and great requirement of God. Love of God is commanded before any love of man or ourself. If it is so basic and essential, why isn’t everyone doing it? Our confusion on this most basic doctrine indicates our tendency to elevate even doctrinal soundness above our devotion to God. If God has our heart, He can fix our head. If He has only our head, He will find it necessary to rebuke us, as He had to rebuke the Apostolic Church within a single generation of His return to Heaven. “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love” (Revelation 2:4). May we heed the warning to Ephesus and pursue with utter abandon our devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ. Father, help us to seek you with all our heart that we may not be found of You as “reprobate silver” (Jeremiah 6:30). Draw us to Yourself. Pull away the blind spots in our understanding hindering from honoring You more. Return quickly, in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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