Love the Lord…

Joshua 23:11 NIV “So be very careful to love the Lord your God.”

Be on guard, have care, beware, be alert…all synonymous with…being careful.

What does this mean to beware to love God? To be on guard to love God? To be alert to love God? Well, precisely that, we can get so busy, so hurried or worried, so stressed or depressed that we forget to turn to and or to praise too.

These battles are when the flesh outweighs the spirit! We are trying to figure it all out on our own with our limitations. I believe that when we love the Lord and have a relationship, a friendship, a parental relationship with him, we think of him first, we turn to him first!

Here are the two verses that read before instructing us to remember to love the Lord!

Joshua 23:9-11 NCV “The Lord has forced many great nations to leave ahead of you. No nation has been able to defeat you. With his help, one Isrealite could defeat a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, as he promised to do. So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.”

Do you have a nation that needs to be defeated? Probably not, but things are broken in the house that needs to be repaired, a broken car, a broken marriage, a broken body, a broken spirit, a shifting mind, fear, pain, heartache, addiction, jobless, hopelessness? Big nations within worlds!

It may be hard to believe, but God cares about every aspect of your world. He hates to see his children suffer and is waiting for us to remember him, look up and say, Help!

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpassed all understanding, will guard your hearts and your mind in Jesus Christ.”

So, the next time you are feeling alone, lonely, scared, defeated, or especially pleased, blessed, and peaceful, don’t forget to remember to love God!

James 1:17 NIV “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

Thank you, Lord, for loving us, waiting for us, protecting us, helping us! We turn to you as a child would their parent asking for your strength, peace, deliverance and blessings. Papa God, you know our needs, and I thank you for supplying them to those who look to you for help. Thank you for always being with us, even when we feel alone. I love you, today, tomorrow, and for eternity. In your glorious name Lord Jesus I pray. Amen

Be blessed today and thank you for joining me. 🥰