"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment." (Mark 12:13)
Loving God with our all is the calling of every believer and follower of Jesus Christ. This love of God manifests itself in the fruit of our works and deeds, but it is grown and cultivated internally. Our love for God needs to be tended to in our heart, soul, mind and with all of our strength.
Knowledge of the love of God for us came when we first understood the Gospel and received Christ. This reality has totally changed us, and our soul is in love with God because He first loved us. The rest of this commandment is what we must now work out, loving God with our minds and with all our strength.
Loving God with your mind is a constant battle and one that must be won. Our worship of God needs to be filled with spiritual fervor but it must also be intelligently accompanied by the truth. "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24) If our minds are not continually being regenerated with the truth of God's word we can easily fall into the trap of worshiping a false creation of our own mind.
Cherishing and mediating on God's truth is not a burden when our minds have learned to love Him. Love is the motivation and prevailing wind that pushes the ship of our mind towards the celestial shore. Never be deceived, the strength it takes to cultivate the mind is available only to those who have learned to love Him.
~Selah
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