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… "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God." You won't love Him, you will never love the Lord, till you can call Him yours. "Thy God." "My God." "He is my God." If a little girl likes her doll, she says, "My doll." if a boy likes his hoop or bat, he says, "My hoop; my bat." We say, "My father; my mother; my brother; my sister; my little wife; my husband." "My is such a nice word. Till you can say thy" or "my "you will not love God. But when you can say, "My God!" then you will begin to love Him. "The Lord thy God." When one of the Roman emperors — after a great triumph, a military victory — was coming back to Rome, he went up the Appian hill in great state, with his foes dragged at his chariot wheels. Many soldiers surrounded him, adding to Iris triumphant entry. On going up the hill, a little child broke through the crowd. "You must not go there," said the soldiers, "that is the emperor." The little child replied, "True, he is your emperor, but he is my father!" It was the emperor's own little boy. He said, "He is your emperor, but he is my father." I hope we shall be able to say that of God. He is the God of everybody; but he is my God specially. He is not only the Creator of the world, — but He is my God! (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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