Deut. 6:4-13 - '"Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might (v. 5). These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart (v.6). You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up (v. 7). You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the door-posts of your house and on your gates.. Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied, then watch yourself, that you do not forget the Lord who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name (v. 13).'"
How could we have missed vss. 5&6 so easily? People say, "I'm a good person, I've never broke any of the 10 commandments." But the reality is, we have all broken the very 1st commandment. Who can say that throughout their whole Christian walk they have truly loved the Lord with all of their heart, soul and might? I would safely say that most people claiming to be christian would have a desire to love Him, or they are grateful for the what He has done for them, but what about truly loving Him? Moses shows us what that looks like in vs. 7, 'You shall teach the words diligently.....' Most people interpret this as teaching the 10 commandments. I believe that Moses is talking about vs. 5; God's love. Talking about God's love is supposed to be just as natural and normal as putting on clothes and brushing our teeth. Talking about God Himself, should be an all day event anywhere we go. But what do we let get in the way? "Fear!" What did Moses say about that? "You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name." Moses leaves no room for any "buts". It is simple, you have no excuse whatsoever for not talking about the God you love anywhere you go. It should ooze from the fibre of our beings.... if.... we truly love Him.
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