Lately, I've been praying "Lord, help me to love you with all my heart, all my soul and all my mind." It has been my hearts desire, my deepest need. Everything else pales in comparison. I want to love God as I should. I always feel like I fall so very, very short!! And so my heart is consumed with this prayer. Well Tuesday morning I woke up and checked my Bible App and guess what the verse was! Yup, Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind." LOL I know this was the Lord on confirming I had some straight thinking going on (a nice change of pace, for sure!), and it is a prayer that He will definitely answer. I kind of figure, once I get this down, all else will fall into its correct place!
I feel like so many things, especially "ME" gets in the way of loving God the way I should. I'm sure we all struggle in this area. Me, self, I want, I need....round and round I go on the self centered merry-go-round. But when everything is stripped away, my greatest and only need is God Himself. And so I want to love Him first and foremost with everything I am. I am so glad He put this desire in my heart. What a great visit this was! What a wonderful Father we have!!
Lord, help us to love You with all of ourselves. It is how You love us! Clean out the selfishness, the laziness, the unfocused heart we walk around with. Let our lives echo David's words in Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desire. Be our heart's desire Lord.
Make this your prayer today!
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