Jesus actually gave it as a commandment: Love God with all your heart, soul, and strength.
This was not a father giving the follow-the-rules speech or else. This was something different. He was saying that the soul of a man and a woman is primarily, primarily made for one thing: to love. To be enflamed with love. To be on fire with love. He made it a commandment because it's the one thing that a soul cannot live without: love, both giving and receiving. He made loving God a commandment because it's the one and only true thing that will satisfy the soul.
We can do everything possible to fill the soul, anesthetize the soul, busy the soul, distract the soul. But nothing will deeply satisfy until the soul is enflamed with love.
And not just any love. The first object of the soul's love, the primary affection of our heart that can cause our hearts to truly come alive, is God Himself. We are created to be intimate, passionate lovers of God. We are made for this. It's satisfying, it's enjoyable, it's being "in the zone" in a marvelous way.
So... why is my soul so readily seduced by lesser lovers? Why do I wallow around in my thoughts of needing this, wanting that, trying to get this done and accomplish that and ignore the One who is capable of bringing fiery life to heart?
Hey, it's a process. I don't have the answers. But I can, perhaps, allow the truth to sink in a little deeper... I was made for something incredibly wonderful... a relationship that can (and ultimately will forever) release my heart into what it's made for... romance/adventure/passion... of the most sacred kind.
(Inner Journey. Today's daily devotion. A devotional look at contemplation, lectio divina, and loving God. Interactive! Feel free to post comments!)
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