If we are to successfully follow Jesus, we must have a proper priority system in our lives. Jesus has given His disciples the true priorities of life, which must be the guiding forces of one's life. After being asked by a lawyer, which is the great commandment in the law, Jesus responded in Matthew 22:37-39, "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
These two commandments, when carried out, form the true priorities in life. They clear the heart of lesser, contradictory priorities which leave one fragmented and uncertain. When love for God and man fills the heart with clear, definite, and steadfast objectives, they remove uncertainty and hesitation.
Remember, love for God and our fellow man are the true priorities of life. If this love is not working in our lives, it's because it is not the center of our lives. When these two priorities are the center, we will be delivered from selfishness, worldliness, and slothfulness. They lead us to faithful service to God and man.
Are these two principles the guiding forces of your life? We learn how to serve both God and man by daily reading and studying God's word. We have opportunity to show our love, not only for our savior Jesus Christ, but for our brothers and sisters by meeting together with them on the first day of the week to worship God in spirit and in truth.
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