IT’S WHO YOU KNOW

READING: MATTHEW 22:34-40

Verse 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.’”

Some Christians are frustrated by a lack of fulfillment in their relationships with the Heavenly Father. They are unable to accept Him as the Father He is. Many such people can quote chapter and verse in describing God and His nature, but merely as exercises in memory or intellect. They know about the Lord in their heads, but do not know Him personally in their hearts. More than head knowledge is needed! Matthew 22:37 make it clear that we must use our hearts, souls and minds in relating to God. The problem for many is that, in spite of their head knowledge, there is confusion in their hearts. At heart level they relate to the Lord as they related to parents or their most significant earthly authority figures. Lack of fulfillment in those earthly relationships is unconsciously transferred to their  relationships with the Heavenly Father, the ultimate authority figure. In these cases, acceptance of God’s perfect love for them, is the powerful key to fulfillment with Him. There is great liberty and victory in knowing Almighty God as He really is. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.
 

RESPONSE

1. Have you accepted adjustment to your image of God? Why or why not?

2. Is it your heart, soul or mind that dominates in your love of the Lord?