Loving God Fully: Intimacy, Obedience, and Overflow

Because even as I say choose God, I know that for not a second in my life have I chosen God with all my heart and all my soul and all my life. Not for a second of my life have I ever lived this command out to the utmost. Have I given God my everything? But Jesus gave God his everything. Jesus gave God his everything. He literally gave his life. He loved God to the utmost with his whole heart, his whole soul, and his whole mind. [00:51:38] (40 seconds)  #JesusGaveEverything

God has revealed himself to be very personal God, and so the affection, the instant love that I show other people is of the same substance that of the love that I show God. What it means to love someone else, what it means that I love you, that I love my wife, that I love my kids. There are these unifying aspects of what it means to love a person that apply to every loving relationship that we have. Right? Think about, oh, what what do I do with someone that I love? I spend time with them. I know them. I listen listen to them. I care for them. I prioritize them. I choose them over other things. I care about them. I sacrifice for them. [00:31:10] (36 seconds)  #GodIsPersonalLove

if Meredith just wants to, you know, cuddle up all day and and wants to, you know, talk and show me her paintings and all these things, like, I love that so much. But if she never listens to a word that I say, there is there is no love in that relationship. There's no respect in that relationship. There is no care in that relationship. Sure. She might have a need for some affection, and she's getting that. But there's no real true love in that relationship. Obedience is a critical and nonnegotiable unique aspect of our love for God. There is intimacy and there is affection and there is obedience. [00:43:22] (46 seconds)  #LoveRequiresObedience

because oftentimes I can put something in God's place that looks really good. Oh, I should spend time with with Nicole tonight. I have you know, I've been out kind of a couple evenings. Well, when's the last time I was out a couple evenings and I said, you know what? I'm gonna choose God tonight. I'm gonna read my bible. And so I wanna encourage you this week. Choose God in intimacy and or in obedience once a day this week over something else that maybe you wanted to just choose God. That's what we do for people that we love. We choose them. [00:50:46] (42 seconds)  #ChooseGodDaily