Take good care to observe the commandment and instruction that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, and to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and wit.
Joshua 22:5
"To love the Lord your God" - sounds easy when we are at church with our fellow parishioners. We respond appropriately, give up our troubles, and commit to doing the tasks that God sets before us in the coming week. Then we head home and are faced with what seems like thousands of choices in our fastpaced world today.
The commitment we make each Sunday must carry us through our daily lives. Often the choice to walk in God's ways seems like the most difficult choice to make. At work, we are encouraged to get ahead, regardless of others. Much of our entertainment revolves around competition – sports, contests, even popular television shows. All of these can be good for us, as we strive to be better at our chosen pursuit. The difficulty comes when you have to choose between winning and serving God. In our quest for fame and fortune we have to remember that God comes first, and our commitment to serve him and others. This may mean staying late at work, to help a co-worker finish a project, or studying with a student that is having difficulty with a class.
Each day we need to make the commitment "to love the Lord your God", by loving and caring for the world we live in and our neighbors who share it with us. By following this commandment we will receive greater riches than we can imagine.
Cheryl Dorr
