Love God with all your heart

Thus, nothing is impossible if we do it with all our heart. We can accomplish everything when we concentrate our mind on it. Jesus told us to love God with all our heart.

Mt 22:34-38 『 … "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment."』

"Love God with all your heart" means "Love Him with a 100% love." If this is God's will, our heart must be filled with it. Then we can say we love God with all our heart. The Bible says that the mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace (Ro 8:5-6), and it emphasizes that we cannot serve both God and money (Lk 16:13).

However, sometimes we do not give our heart and mind fully to God; sometimes we concentrate more on the worldly things of this life than God's will. To love God fully and completely, we should first understand why we must love God with all our heart. The reason is that God first loved us so much. God has given us everything―His whole heart, His life and His mind. However, we still do not fully understand His love, nor do we put it into action. So Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment."God's example of loving with all His heart and all His soulGod concentrated His whole heart and soul only on saving His lost children (Lk 19:10).

For our salvation He gave up all His power, glory and splendor; He came down to this earth in human form and endured the severe suffering and shame of the cross.

Heb 2:14-15 『Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death―that is, the devil―and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.』

God came as a humble person, being made lower than the angels (Heb 2:5-9). It was for our salvation. Since the children have flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in their humanity. In order to save the children, He willingly came as a humble servant and endured being mocked by people.

Isa 53:1-5 『 … Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.』

God was despised by His creatures; He experienced all sorrow and suffering. Only for our redemption, He endured all sufferings. He never changed His mind, nor did He give up on His love for us, even a single moment.In accordance with the will of God, we partake of Christ's flesh and blood, and we remain in God and God in us and become united with Him. Thus, God has established the new caovenant, so that we may follow the same path as He walked and come to salvation. Considering the whole spiritual process God went through for our salvation, we can find out that God's love has always been there for us―He has loved us with all His heart and with all His soul and with all His mind. God abandoned the glory of heaven and suffered in our stead; He concentrated His efforts only on our salvation. Considering this, we can fully understand why Jesus said it is the first and greatest commandment to love God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind. It is not because we first loved God that we have come to salvation, but God first loved us and sought us. For the long period of six thousand years, our heavenly Father and Mother have constantly cared for us and guided us. We shall never forget our Father and Mother's loving heart and grace, not even for a single moment.