Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength… Supposing you had got a very dear friend — someone whom you loved very much — should you like to be quite alone with that friend, and tell him your secrets, and for him to tell you his secrets? Did you ever do that? If you have a friend, I am sure you would like to be quite alone with him, and talk secrets. This is just what you will do with God if you love Him — you will like to be quite alone with Him; you will tell Him your secrets, and God will, tell you His secrets. He has promised this, "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him." He will tell you things He does not tell to everybody. He will tell you things you have not heard before. I will tell you another thing. Do you know anybody you love very much? If they go away from you, don't you like to have a letter from them? and when a letter does come, don't you read it from beginning to end without one wandering thought? I don't think you can say your lessons without a wandering thought; but if you had a letter from a dear friend, I think you would give it all your best attention — from the first word to the last. Well, is there a letter from God? Yes. Here it is — the Bible! It is a letter from God Himself. If you love God, you will love His letter, and you will read it very lovingly, and attentively, and give your whole mind to it. (J. Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. |
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