As I was doing the dishes this evening I stumbled upon a song that touched my heart and challenged me as a Christian. The lyrics that stuck out to me are as follows, "Empty my hands, fill up my heart, capture my mind with you." I began to think about my day to day life and what it is that typically fills my hands, heart and mind. My short comings became clear to me as the command to love the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind and strength echoed in my mind.
I don't know about you, but in my life this command is not easy to follow. We are surrounded by hatred, gossip, lust, impurity and selfishness on a daily basis. The media tells us lies about our self worth and meaning and our busy schedules act as our excuse to be rude or unthoughtful. These things are so polar opposite of what we should be filling our lives with. God's Word says, "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things." (Phillipians 4:8)
It is not easy to purge our lives of the "ugly" things of this world but will you try with me? Will you pursue what is pure, lovely, noble and right? Will you let the Lord transform your heart, soul and mind to be filled with His love?
What a radiant and marvelous sight it is to see someone so consumed by the Lord that every aspect of their life reflects His beauty - even the parts that nobody sees or will ever acknowledge.
Seek to love the Lord with ALL your heart, ALL your soul, ALL your mind and ALL your strength. And let us not grow weary for I'm certain our Lord smiles with every small area of our lives we surrender to Him.
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30)
