Deuteronomy 6:4-5 – ^“Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!  ⁵ You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.^”

As I read, prayed, and mused on the Word of God today, I was moved by several realities and spiritual directives.   In Deuteronomy 6:5, we have the command with promise about LOVING GOD.  The only acceptable love is Consuming Love.   ALL the heart, ALL the emotions, and ALL the strength.  Body, soul, and spirit are passionately devoted and submitted to God.

If we live with Consuming Love for God, we discover His purposes and benefit from His discipline.   Deuteronomy 8:3 reveals that every trial contains a revelation.   Their hunger and the manna were not only to meet a physical need but also to provide the revelation that “man does not live by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh.”    Where have we heard that?

God always gives us a choice.  Deuteronomy 11:26-28, He set before them two paths.  Always a choice!

Colossians 1 reveals that in Christ, we have access to God’s fullness, enabling us to know His will and benefit from His wisdom and knowledge.  Imagine having a database of unlimited information operating inside you!   You do in Christ!   

We are enabled to live lives that produce spiritual fruit and are continually being expanded into the full knowledge of God.  We possess divine strength, enabling us to remain steadfast, patient, and continuously filled with joy and gratitude.  We have been rescued from satanic authority and transferred into God’s kingdom, redeemed, and made whole.

We embrace the revelation that Christ in us is our hope!   IN US, through us, with us, and by us, but first and foremost, IN US!

Colossians 2 contains the complete revelation of our BLESSING in Jesus.  Everything is in and by Him. EVERYTHING!  We are rooted (planted) in Jesus and built up (developed) in Him in Faith.

In Colossians 2:14-15, we have the revelation that enables us to truly live.  All the charges of the devil about us and our failures were nailed to the Cross.  In Jesus and His sacrifice, WE ARE FREE!   We can declare the revelation of Paul in Romans 8:1 – “Therefore, there is NOW no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”    The Cross wiped out the charges.  Our lives, past, present, and future, are HIDDEN with Christ in God.

IF we will give God our ALL, He will provide us with His ALL, and His ALL is far more than our ALL.   I surrender ALL, and in surrendering my ALL, I get His ALL.  How could we not trade our puny, limited, flawed ALL for His flawless ALL?

Today is the greatest time ever to be alive!  Let’s not waste this opportunity.   If you could trade a beat-up old Honda for a Rolls-Royce free and clear, would you?  That is a weak comparison of what we trade spiritually, but it makes the point.  God’s ALL for our ALL.

May our Love for the LORD grow exponentially daily!