We Love God With All of Our Strength (TMF:443)

Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Peace to Live By: We Love God With All of Our Strength (TMF:443) - Daniel Litton
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       Strength is the next area in our loving of God. The Apostle Paul said, “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained” (Philippians 3:14-16, ESV). Running the race that God has set before us is the way we love God with all our strength. God expects us to be maturing and growing toward becoming more like Jesus. He will focus on a particular area at a certain time, and expect us to master that hurtle and grow. Then as time goes along he will show us a new area where growth is needed. In the Christian life, we are always going to be growing into becoming better people and more pleasing to God. Jesus talked about picking up our cross daily and following him (Luke 9:23). This is loving God with all our strength, in picking up our crosses and carrying them. It was God’s will that Jesus go to the cross, and it is God’s will that we live for God, even when we don’t completely agree with him.