Deuteronomy 6:4-9
English
Standard Version (ESV)
4 “Hear,
O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] 5 You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that
I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach
them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your
house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them
as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on
the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Love the Lord with your
entire being! This is what Moses is telling the Israelites soon after
delivering the Ten Commandments. He tells us that we must love the Lord with
all of our heart, mind, and soul. And His love should be at the forefront of
our hearts. It should be the first thing we think about when we wake in the
morning, and the last thing we think of before we go to sleep. Moses tells we
shouldn't be able to stop talking to people about the love of God. He even says
that we need to have God's love in our eyelids so we are constantly thinking
about it. When people enter their homes, they should see signs of God's love on
their doors. So that will be the first impression everyone will have.
We
are commanded to teach this to those who enter our homes. As worship leaders,
we are held to a higher to standard to show God's love to everyone. Not only
should we show God's love but also we should be capable of teaching God's love
to our families. Understand how to love like we should is the key to
worshipping the Father. It reminds of lyrics in a song by a band called Mumford
and Sons, The lyric is, "Where you invest your love, you invest your
life." When we teach about God's love, we are investing in those we are
teaching and it will become our lifestyle. His love is what will lead us to
salvation.
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