Early this morning (Monday at 6:15am) our “Man up” men’s group gathered for breakfast at Trails End in Matthews. It was awesome, bacon, eggs any way you wanted them cooked, grits, pancakes, toast, coffee, OJ. We were like 10 little kids in “Man heaven.”
Pastor Paul asked us what we thought Mark 12:30 meant about loving completely as men. We’ve all heard the verse before, Jesus was in the Temple in Jerusalem and as it says in v:29 of The Message, “One of the religion scholars came up. Hearing the lively exchanges of question and answer and seeing how sharp Jesus was in his answers, he put in his question: "Which is most important of all the commandments?" Jesus answers with v:30 NIV “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
I think that as men, leaders of the family, we are called to love completely by loving God with all our mind. That is we need to make sure that our mind is thinking about God’s Word at all times. We are challenged all day every day to make decisions about our families, our health, our finances, our jobs, etc, etc, etc. Which means we have to think, decide the correct responses for the many situations we face constantly. I can be satisfied with what would Jay do, (the bracelets would not sell) or I can ask, “What would Jesus do. How has God already given us direction?”
Loving completely means we need to love God with all our minds and know His Word. What is your guide? You? Your friends? Your boss? Your favorite TV talk show host?
Or perhaps is it your Father in heaven?
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