“But be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions that Moses gave to you. Love the LORD your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.””
As I was reading this today I was drawn to this specific part; "hold firmly to Him..." This screams relationship and us co-laboring with Him. It is so much more than I go to church, or read my bible, it is desiring to hold on to Him and know Him. The next line says; "and serve Him with all your heart and all your soul..." It talks about this in multiple areas in His word so it must be an important part of growth and maturity. When we do this our love for Him grows and our love for others does also and we enthusiastically want to serve Him.
Romans chapter 12 verse 11 says, “Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.” This is what happens when we say thank you to Him for life and then open up to say, here I am, use me. Pastor Kevin Goff shared this at service and it is a great way to think, "Our life is a gift from God and our service is our gift to God." When we believe and feel it in our hearts that we don't have to do anything, we get to, our attitude changes and so does our focus. When we change our focus we have fellowship with Him, that fellowship moves us to live in the light. 1 John chapter 1 verse 6 says, “So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.” verse 7 goes on to say, “But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.” Hold firmly to Him, that is so important as we grow each day. Amen