Dueteronomy 1-2: Mark 12

'And you shall love the Lord your God with all your mind, and with all your strength." Mark 12:30

One of the most frequent questions that people ask me is, 'what or how do I know God's will for my life.' I tend to be very quick and confident in giving them the answer and it's found in today's reading. God's will for your life is that you will love God with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength. When I asked Pastor Rick that same question many years ago he responded with this verse as well. He even when on to tell me that if I am confident in those two area's I am free to do whatever it is that I want to do. God is not so much concerned with what you do in life, but how you be in life. My Spirit filled bible tells me that when the mind is renewed by the Holy Spirit , the whole mind-set changes from the fearful negativism of the carnal mind to the vibrant, positive thinking of the quickened spiritual mind. So today it's not about what you do to grow your bank account, making that career move, or raising your children. It's doing those things while you love God with all your mind, and with all your strength. In loving God with all your mind and strength it will move in loving others and activity that will be in line with God's will for your life. I believe life is really that simple. The sadducees were trying to conflict simple truth and steer people away from the intent of the scriptures. It's probably because they were sad you see. That was an added humor for the day. So today make it about loving God and loving people because that is God's will for your life.

In Him,

Pastor Joe

next reading: Deut 3,4; Mark 13