The Greatest Commandment

Augustine said, "Love, and do what you want."

That could be misunderstood by someone who doesn't understand Augustine. He meant that you can do anything you want to do, if everything you do is motivated by true love.

Based on what Jesus said I believe that he was right. Jesus said that the greatest commandment was for us to love God and others. He said that all the other commandments and stories in the Old Testament were commentary on these two similar and connected commandments.

I have been thinking alot about the greatest commandment(s) and decided I would put in writing some of my thoughts on them in my next few posts.

What does it mean to love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind?

John Stott said it means to seek to see all things from God's point of view and do nothing without reference to Him; to make His will our guide and His glory our goal; to put Him first in thought, word and deed; in business and leisure; in friendship and career; in the use of money, time and talents; at work and at home.

Steven Curtis Chapman voices the prayer of a person who wants to obey the greatest commandment in the chorus of his song that the title for this blog came from:


You are everything I want
You are everything I need
I want you to be my one consuming passion
Everything my heart desires
Lord, I want it all to be for you, Jesus
Be my magnificent obsession.

I think I will stop for now and think about Stott's statement for a while and then pray these words of this song .