This weekend I’d encourage you to think about what is most important in life. God has told us, and it is wonderfully simple: we should love God and love others. Life can get very complicated so it is important to locate a simple core purpose that we can apply in every circumstance. We can get caught up in trying to achieve things and life becomes an endless process of striving for elusive goals. But God is saying to us: “I just want you to love my children.” It’s as simple as that. If we love those that God has given us to love in the way he wants us to love them, then we have fulfilled our purpose in life. Life is not about great ministry achievement or remarkable spiritual attainments. It is about love. We should love God and as we love him we will see people the way he sees them, and we will love them. To love someone is to honour them as sacred. Learn to see other people as God’s children. God is passionate about his children. He loves them so much that he sent Jesus to save them, and now he says to you: “What will you do for my children?” The most important thing today is how to treat the people God has put in your path. This begins at home and moves outwards from there. If you lose sight of this, you are lost. When you see this, the truth has dawned on you.
Reflect on who you can love more.
Read Mark 12:28-34.
