LOVE TRIANGLE

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Text : Mark  12:30.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

A lawyer of the Pharisees came to Jesus with the big question- what is the greatest commandment in the law? In response to his question, Jesus gave what I refer to as the love triangle. 

Without mincing words,  Jesus said “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. ’Mathew 22:37. This is the first arm of the triangle. 
Here,God is demanding for your 100% love. 

Can you honestly say you love the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND STRENGTH? This is the kind of love God is demanding of you.
Love is all-encompassing. when you are truly in love, you trust easily and you can go to any length for your lover.

You can gauge your love for God by how much you trust Him with your life.

While the lawyer asked for just one commandment,  Jesus  aptly gave two. This is because the two are closely knighted. They are like two sides of the same coin. Jesus said  the second is exactly like it: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself. Mathew 22:39. This is the second arm of the triangle. 

Your love for God is shown in your love for your neighbors. If you cannot love the men you see, you can't love God whom you have not seen. 1 John 4:20. 

You don't need anyone to describe who your neighbor is to you, anyone and everyone within your circle of influence is your neighbor.
And the law says, love your neighbor as yourself. In another language,  do unto others what you want them to do to you.

The third person in this love triangle is yourself. There is an implied command in the response Jesus gave which is now summarily referred to as the great commandment.
While Jesus does not directly command us to love ourselves,  he does assume that we love ourselves.

Where people fail to love themselves rightly due to being damaged by the wounds of life, they will in turn lack the capacity to love others.

A wounded soul is more likely to wound others if proper treatment is not given.

To love others, you must love yourself and no one can truly love himself without receiving the love of the Father.

That is, we love God because He first loved us 1 John4:19, then, we share His love with those around us. 

The love of the Father is always constant. However,  He wants you to receive His love so you can be empowered to love Him back with all of yourself and equally love the  people He has positioned around you.


Bible Reading  : Mathew. 22:34-40.


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