Paying Attention to the Truth

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

-Deuteronomy 6:4

The call to God’s people the Israelites was to stop and listen carefully to the truth that the Lord is the one true God; “Hear O Israel.” Stop again and pay careful attention to this, for it is extremely important. The call was to hear it, refer daily back to it, and never forget it; the Lord our God is one God. In Him there is nothing false, He is the one true God, and He is the true way. I John 1:5 conveys this truth as follows; “God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.”

We have the challenge to love the Lord with all of our hearts, soul, and strength. The essence of this is that we love the Lord with all we have. We as followers of Christ are called to place the Lord at the center of our lives. When this happens, all aspects of our lives are positively affected through our relationship with the Lord. In Christ we grow into the persons He has called us to be. We move from being condemned to saved, lost to found, spiritually blind to spiritually seeing, and defeat to victory. Let me challenge you this morning with something I believe to be very important and profound: Something is at the center of your life today; what is it? Who or what is at the center of your life? When we place Christ at the center, we are blessed, and we begin to see the power of God at work in our lives.