And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
Matthew 22:37, ESV
Most of everything hinges on this: We must love God first, most, and always.
Without this, we are wasting our time and energy. Out of the love for God, we are able to love others and truly do good.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7, ESV
Wisdom is learning from others.
True wisdom is learning that God has a perfect standard that no one can meet, but He made a way through His Son, and we take this knowledge and turn to Him.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
1 Peter 5:6, ESV
As the saying goes, He is God, and you are not.
But, amazingly, God lowered Himself to our level to become a man, to bring about our forgiveness and reconciliation, that we may be made like Him.
Submit to His will and His way, and He will lift us up.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord , and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 1:1-2, ESV
We are called to be different from this world, even the way we were born. The only way to do this is to read and think about God’s Word, allowing the Holy Spirit to let it change our way of thinking and living.
“For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Luke 1:37 ESV
The only things impossible for God to do are those that are against His nature.
Natural laws are no hindrance.
Your beliefs and expectations are no hindrance.
Even for lack of imagination and faith are no hindrance.
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24, ESV
Do you realize how central Jesus is to everything?
We not only serve for Christ, but in all we do we are serving Christ.
“Whatever you did to the least of these you did to Me.” (Matthew 25:40)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23, ESV
No matter what you are going through in life, good, bad, or whatever, God is there sustaining you.
Lean on His mercies and grace. He is faithful, even when we are not.
