Day 36 - What Do You Think?

What Do You Think?

Key Question:
If someone asked you what is absolutely the most important commandment (in Jesus’ eyes), what would you answer?

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:34-40

I’m a people-watcher...and people can be pretty interesting! If you watch and observe people long enough, you will discover what is important to them, and it won’t take long. If you spend time in conversation with them, their values always surface. They talk about what is important to them. In fact, their bank account, photo albums, Facebook timeline, Twitter feed...pretty much everything revolves around what is important to them. And you realize, these are some of the ways you reveal your values and priorities to others.

There are material things that are important to us, but more importantly, we have spiritual values. We want to be “right with God.” We want to live in obedience to his commands and purposes. We want God’s priorities. Jesus makes it clear that God does consider some commands as more important than all the others.

In this section of Scripture, Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18. These two commandments are the building blocks—even the foundation—for all other commandments.

So let’s answer the key question:
If someone asked you what is absolutely the most important commandment (in Jesus’ eyes), what would you say?

Your Mission
Replace something important today in your routine (TV show, going to eat, etc.) with at least 30 minutes dedicated to serving God.