Jesus told the inquiring religious leader that all of the Law could be summed up in this statement: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your mind, and all your strength; and love your neighbor as yourself. While this is well-known among Christians, this simple statement is profound in its implications. Truly our Lord is reminding us that the true cry of our heart belies our treasures. What is it that your heart truly yearns for? Is your utmost desire to please and honor God? Do you long to glorify Him? Is the Lord God the all-compelling thought that courses through your mind and the passionate obsession that makes your heart race? No, then what is your heartry?
What is that all-compelling obsession that governs your day? Is it your job? Maybe its your pursuit of wealth? If you were to take inventory of that which drives you by taking note of your dayplanner, your checkbook, your internet activity, and your free time; what would they reveal about your heart? You see, that which occupies first place in your heart always manifests itself: in your thoughts, your actions, your pursuits, your expenditures, and your time. If God is, indeed, our heartcry then this will be obvious to us and made manifest to all those around us becuase our love for God will color all that we think and do. When the Lord God is our heartcry then we will have just begun to grasp what it means to love the Lord God with all our heart, mind, and strength. What is your heartcry?
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