Life-oriented Faith

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

Bee's Thoughts:

Recently, it seems God is telling me that I have placed my love at the wrong places -- my work and my best friend. I did prayed about my situation and asked God to intervene. He answered my prayers and things happened that made my love for these crushed. I was badly bruised.... :(

This afternoon, a verse came to me from Job 13:15, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." The Lord reminded me to trust in Him, for all things work together for good to those who love God. He wanted me to praise Him in every circumstances. With that in mind, I felt the inner strength to move on.... I am to rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS, not only when things go my way. I praised God for all He has done in my life, the good and the 'bad'.

Tonight, God is reminding me through the devotion that I need to love Him with all my heart and with all my soul and with all my strength. I shall be like Job and King David to continue to love God regardless of what may happen to me. My faith in God will not be crushed... I shall move on with God's strength.


Dear Lord,
Thank You for answering my prayers, though in ways that may be painful for me. Yet I know You do it because You know what is best for me. Thank You for putting Your joy in my heart despite the fact that Satan wanted to put me down. Let me love You with all my heart, soul and strength. (})
Amen.