How Deep?

2/21/2020
Mark 14:6

My Utmost for His Highest is always challenging, but today's study really hit me hard. It made me tearfully and truly examine how much I love God. Is my love for Him sensible and discreet, or do I love Him with a reckless abandon that is obvious to everyone around me?

The love my husband and I have for one other is usually very evident to those around us. We are very affectionate and kind to one another, and often tease each other in a good-natured manner. We do not speak negatively about one another or communicate with anyone else about our relationship. We are very private with our personal struggles, and take them to God in prayer. We have had a long, and mostly, happy marriage, and I am so grateful that we both walk with the Lord.

As I thought about today's challenge from Chambers though, I had to ask myself if my love for God is as evident as my love for the man He blessed me with. Shouldn't it be even more so? Shouldn't my love for my Savior be the deepest and most abiding love of my life?

Chambers asks, "Have I ever been so carried away to do something for God not because it was my duty, not because it was useful, not because there was anything in it all beyond the fact that I love Him?" Wow! Are my works or my Christian reputation more important than being totally abandoned to my Savior? God wants nothing less from me. Is my love for Him evident in the smallest details of my life?

I strive to bring a smile to my husband’s face, and to surprise him with many different gestures of love. These flow out of me naturally. I would do absolutely anything for him. Is this also true of my love for God? Chambers asks, "Have I ever produced in the heart of the Lord Jesus what Mary of Bethany produced?”(Mark 14:1-9) Do I give all I have and all that I am to my Savior?

My Jesus, I Love Thee - Casting Crowns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xkR8Zm31Yo