Jesus said that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul and your whole strength and your whole mind (or all your thoughts). How do we love God? A common answer is that we love God by obeying him. Francis Schaeffer, in his book True Spirituality, says that we love God by being content.
He arrives at this by saying that the opposite of love is covet. "Coveting is the negative side of the positive commands [to love God and to love man]."
When we are content with our circumstances, no matter what they are, we are loving God according to Schaeffer.
What do you think?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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