Love Is All You Need

"Too often we reduce the Christian faith to a mixture of commands to obey, duties to observe, or laws to endure. Instead, the God-life is a lover’s responsibility. God wants you to love Him, serve

Him, trust Him, and fear Him, with all your heart. Heart love reveals first-love, priority love."

I'm a little confused of who said this. My preacher this morning introduced it from Ramesh Richards. This exact quotation is from a sermon by Dr. Roger Williams at Woods Chapel.

Whoever said it, this is incredibly true of Christians. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the "rules" of being a Christian, when all he wants for us to do is love Him. The rest will fall into place if we truly love Him. A verse that proves this if any one verse does is that of Luke 10:42. It is preceded by verse 41 saying "And Jesus answered and said to her, 'Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things (41). But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken from her (42).'"

I'm sure many know this passage. Jesus has came to visit and Martha is so busy preparing the meal for him and all of his entourage (which was huge). She asks Jesus to rebuke her sister, Mary, who is listening to Jesus speak and kneeling at his feet. His response is one that should teach us the one true important thing in this life, love Jesus through true worship.

Doesn't that make everything else in this world so simple? If all we have to do is love Him, I think we have pretty blessed lives.

Now I must begin studying for my Pediatrics test because, although love for God is all we need to guide our lives, I think all of you would like for the nurse caring for your loved one to be knowledgeable. Have a blessed week.