#983: Following God with your Whole Heart

The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

Let me ask you a question. Do you love God with your whole heart? It’s a powerful question, isn’t it? Perhaps you feel a bit convicted by the question. Our hearts are so easily divided among a lot of things we love and desire. We can be tempted to love God, but to do so without giving Him our whole heart.

Main Points:
1. As I think about our lives, I recognize that one of the primary obstacles to wholehearted devotion to God is simply distraction. In a world filled with noise and busyness, it's easy to allow our attention to be diverted from God. We become preoccupied with the cares of life, the pursuit of success, or the allure of entertainment.

2. Our hearts, meant to be wholly His, are divided among competing interests. As a result, our love for God can become diluted. Our love for God is downgraded to a corner of our lives, rather than occupying the central throne it deserves.

3. We also know that sin entangles us and obstructs our path to following God wholeheartedly. Whether it be overt sins or even subtle compromises, sin separates us from God and disrupts the intimacy of our relationship with Him.

Today’s Scripture Verses:

Matthew 22:37-38 - “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.”

Numbers 13:30 - “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
Numbers 14:24 - "The Lord said, “Because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.”

Joshua 14:14 - “because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.”

Hebrews 12:2 - “…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”

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