The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 7:1-3 (NLT)
1 Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
2 Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.
3 Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 27:7-8 (NLT)
7 Hear me as I pray, O LORD. Be merciful and answer me!
8 My heart has heard you say, "Come and talk with me." And my heart responds, "LORD, I am coming."
The Word of God for encouragement:
Matthew 22:34-40 (HCSB)
34 When the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.
35 And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him:
36 "Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?"
37 He said to him, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38 This is the greatest and most important command.
39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
40 All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands."
My observation:
Lots of people are like the religious leaders who questioned Jesus in our focal passage from Matthew. They want to argue about religion; they have no interest in worshipping and serving God. They use arrogance to hide their ignorance. It is the problem that man has had from the beginning. Job is an early example.
Job 38:1-3 (HCSB)
1 Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
2 Who is this who obscures [My] counsel with ignorant words?
3 Get ready to answer Me like a man; when I question you, you will inform Me.
Jesus nailed the crux of the matter when he asked the religious leaders a very piercing question. Of course, they did not get this one right either.
Matthew 22:41-42 (HCSB)
41 While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,
42 "What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?" "David's," they told Him.
My takeaway from today's focal passage is that in regards to the law we should focus on what we can do, rather than what we can't do. If Jesus is the Lord of your life, nothing is impossible when you put your trust in Him.
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I am so grateful that the love of God has been poured out within my heart by the Holy Spirit who you have given to your believing children. Father, by the Holy Spirit's power, I am able to love the Lord with my whole heart, and love my neighbor as myself.
My song:
Love the Lord (Click on link below to listen to this song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mr839-TVs
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1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV)
2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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