All Consuming

In Matthew Jesus is asked what is the greatest commandment in the law? He replies:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."

I have read this a bagillion times throughout my life but yesterday morning in bible class we talked a little bit about what it means to love the Lord this way....with ALL my heart......ALL my soul and ALL my mind. It was brought up that this type of love is a consuming love. It struck me that was right. When we love the Lord as we are commanded, then we need to be consumed by him.

Another word I would use is to be obsessed with Jesus. He needs to be in my every thought, every action, every breath I take.

I am an avid reader......well maybe more than an avid reader.....okay I am more than an avid reader.....I LOVE to read!!!! I read over 100 books last year.....yes I counted them on my iPad!! Folks that is obsession if I have ever seen it!!! I can get into a good book and can't put it down until I am finished. Yes I have it bad.

Sad thing is.....I'm not that obsessed with loving the Lord. A good book can consume my every being....Jesus needs to be consuming me!

What are the things in our lives that we obsess about? Our homes.....having the perfect yard.....our clothes.....TV shows.......food.....pornography.....money.....you name it people obsess over it. These things consume us!! Or I should say we allow them to consume us.

Jesus tells us to love Him....obsess over him....allow Him to consume every part of our lives. We are to love Jesus so much that He is the center of our world and nothing or no one comes before Him. He needs to be the first thing I think of in the morning and last thing I thing about at night....and all through the day my thoughts are on Him and how much I love him. I need to be so consumed with Him that I have to tell everyone about this great love!!

Jesus, forgive me for obsessing over the things of this world. May I strive to consumed by you today and tell those around me of your love.

From my corner of the world......loving Jesus!