Whoever 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, ESVIs there anything or anyone that you love more than Jesus?
Loving Him first is right. He's the only person worthy of that first love spot in your heart. However, loving Him first also protects all else that it is right for you to love. Loving Him first enables you to love others correctly, purely, and deeply. And loving Him first, with a loyal heart, enables you to endure the race of faith to its finish without selling out.
We will never be overcomers in His kingdom as long as the priorities of our heart and life are not in the right order. Whatever else may be negotiated, the 'right' order means that He is always first, and the second thing is in a comparatively distant second place.
so true...our hearts often want to wander but nothing can fill what God can fill...it's indescribable.
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Well said. Someone has said that our 'default' is to drift from Him. That's why we must be diligent about pursuing Him, steadfast in 'looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith' Heb 12:2
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