Monday, September 18, 2006

Meditations on the good Law

“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

My Heart
In order to keep this commandment I must guard my Heart. It must be guarded from the influences of the world. It must be influenced by exposure to the graces secured for me on the cross. This commandment requires not only actions that can be judged by external points of reference, but a longing to be conformed to my Savior who was and who is everything that I could not be. Nothing I do can be done in the strength of Christ if it's not done from a heart that loves God.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ymoth and rust* destroy and where thieves zbreak in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

One way to Love the Lord with all of my heart is to give back to Him everything. If I place value on my possessions and hold them with a closed hand, my heart is guaranteed to be caught up in them. If I give more than ever, and my goal is to give everything back, my treasure is going to be in heaven. Sometimes I wonder why it's hard to keep focused on things above. I am sure it has to do with where I am putting my treasure. Help me Lord.

My Soul
In order for my soul to prosper my heart and mind must be guarded. As I take every thought captive, and guard against worldly influences that would steal my love for God, my soul prospers. My soul is prospering as it loves the Father more deeply.

"The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him."

"The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him."

May I learn not to act out of my flesh, but rather to be patient and wait to hear clearly from the Lord. May I continually seek the heart of the Lord on things, and not go by how things appear. May my soul love the Lord by waiting and seeking.

My Might
With all dilligence, with all strength, with all force, with all energy, with all care; everything within me must work toward loving God.
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