I was at Journey Community Church last Sunday when we read Matthew 22:37. When Jesus was asked what must someone do in order to inherit life, Jesus responds “Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all soul and with all your mind.”
Jesus was quoting Deuteronomy 6:4. But in Deuteronomy there are four things in which we are to love God: heart, soul, mind, and strength.
Matthew was written to a Jewish audience.
Jews would notice that strength was left out…
Matthew was writing about the kingdom of God…
What does God want strength used for with the kingdom of God? If Christ was the God-man, what did he do with his strength? Could Christ hang on the cross and summon all the angels to rescue him?
If Christ surrendered his strength, then than perhaps we can love God not by our strength but by surrendering our strength. And by having the strength to surrender, through that, the love of God is revealed.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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