MARCH 5 With All My Heart and Strength I love you, Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1, NIV In Hosea 6:6, God speaks clearly to His people on what He wants from them: “I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings” (NLT). God wanted His people to know and love Him. Is it any wonder that David was a “man after God’s heart”? For what was David’s first response to deliverance? He sang a song of love. We use the word love quite often, and maybe this doesn’t sound surprising to us. But consider that in David’s time the people were not used to hearing the word love as part of their worship. Love was deemed as an attitude that was too familiar, not respectful enough. But David, a true leader, was never one to simply follow the crowd. No matter what others thought, he shouted out with all the fervor of his heart, “I love God!” David never lost his deep sense of reverence and fear, but he got to the heart of the matter in expressing His love for God. In so doing, he taught the people of his day that true worship of God is rooted in a relationship of love. Jesus tells us that redemption is not based on God’s feeling sorry for us. He declares, “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, NLT). God’s act of love calls for our response of love. This is where the truth of our worship comes from. What is the basis of your relationship with God today? Is it tradition? Fear? Or is it a passionate and fervent heart that loves the Lord with all your strength? O God, all I can say today is that I love you with all my heart and strength. Zschech, Darlene (2013-03-15). Revealing Jesus: A 365-Day Devotional (Kindle Locations 828-835). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
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