“37Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” – Matthew 10:37 (ESV)
I was led to the above verse before as I was studying the word “father” that. My learning then was that I have to remember to love my heavenly family more and know that the LORD is more important to me than my earthly family. Here I am again as I study the word “mother” and the learning is similar.
As I have written before in my post, “Mothers are from God”, they are here to comfort, guide, and nurse us in our time of need. And that is it, they are here, physically, and in our time of need. Where I love my mother and would not trade her for anyone, I need the LORD more now than I need her. And that is the way it is supposed to be.
Lori is the mother to my boys Bryson and Aarron. Both of them are grown men now and they live on their own. Lori is still their mother, yet she is not a part of their day to day as she was when they were much younger. It is expected in our house that the two of them seek the LORD for their comfort, guidance, and nursing now. Don’t get me wrong, the boys are still their mother’s babies and she loves them so much that there is nothing she would not do for them. But, they are now to lean on the LORD for their day to day and there is no ill feelings toward them as they do.
Jesus wants my love. He wants me to love Him more than all. He wants me to love Him more than mom. It is my duty to love God more than all. And notice His words in the verse, loving Him is the only thing that makes us worthy. We don’t have to do anything other than that. We love Him more than all else and we have made it.
If all I have to do is love Jesus more than all and I have then made it, what a simple thing that must be. Well, it is that simple, but that love must be a devotional love and not just the words as we see in the world today. It is easy to say the words “I love you”, it is something else to act on that love. I have to remember to act on my love for the LORD more than any other to demonstrate my worthiness to Him.
Who do you love most? Are you placing your love on or with someone here in this world? What if you were to love the LORD more than all, even your mother and demonstrate that love through your actions?
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