# 645 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 12:32 So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 "And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." But after that no one dared question Him.
T o love God and the neighbor that He created and brought into your life is greater than the entire system of burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the Old Testament. These requirements were meant to be nothing but shadows and pictures of the sacrificial work of Jesus.
There is nothing shadowy about love. Love does not need to be prefigured or foreshadowed, love never fails! Love needs to be displayed for what it is....love. And it was displayed for this scribe and all the rest of the world on Calvary where God so loved that He gave His only begotten Son!
No wonder Jesus told the scribe he was so close to getting it. He was so close to ditching the Old Testament sacrifice mentality for the once for all sacrifice of love given by Jesus. So close to relying on the real displayed love of God alone for his salvation. Rather than relying on mere symbols.
How about you? Is your love of God locked into the display of symbols, or is it flowing through you by the way you live and worship?
Father, it is easy to fall into the trap of symbolic worship And when I go to church instead of being the church, my love is turning cold. Light a fire in my heart for You and let it spill out into the lives of others.
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