The last four blogs we’ve gone through the verses about loving God with all our hearts, minds, strength and soul. We’ve studied and meditated on those words – heart, mind, strength, soul and all, but there’s one thing I failed to mention. Maybe I should have started off with this, but He didn’t lead me to this until the end. Therefore, you get in the order He gave it to me.
Now that you are ALL IN with your heart, mind, strength and soul, this means He has total access. Total access to ALL your heart. Total access to ALL your mind. Total access to ALL your strength. Total access to ALL your soul. Breathe deeply and let that sink in. You are holding nothing back because you are all in. You’ve abandoned your assumed control over your heart, your mind, your strength and your soul. You’ve been liberated from the bondage of the things that bind you – sin, the need for popularity and power, the desire for things, and fears.
Psalm 51 is a prayer for restoration. I encourage you to look up that chapter and pray it. In verse 10 it says, God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me. The word create means to make from nothing. Ezekiel 36:25-26 says, I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe my ordinances. When God has total access to your heart, He determines if you need a heart transplant. He determines what needs to be cleaned in order to make you whole and full of life. It affects your heart, your soul and your life.
Romans 12:2 reads, Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Philippians 4:8 says, Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things. If you are loving God with all your mind, He has access to every area of your mind. Focusing your thoughts as He has directed us in Philippians 4:8, keeps our mind renewed and non-conformed to the thinking of this world.
Ezekiel 34:16 is God speaking to the Israelites, “I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.” We are reminded in 2 Chronicles 16:9, For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His… This is why Paul In 2 Corinthians 12:10 wrote, So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. He knew his strength was inadequate but God’s was greatest of all. By loving God with all your strength, He has access to your weaknesses, can bandages your injuries, strengthen you, and be your strength. How comforting is that!?
When you give God all your soul, you can rest in hope (Psalm 62:5). Matthew 10:28, Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. John 10:28, And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. Giving God all of you soul gives you security for the future and eternity.
I’ve given you plenty of verses on which to meditate. Let me encourage you to get spiral bound note cards. Write a verse on each card. Keep it in your car or at your desk…wherever you spend a good amount of time. And when you are sitting in your car waiting or at your desk taking a break, instead of checking your phone, check your verse. It’s the first step in giving God your ALL.
Father God,
Please help us to allow you to have complete and total access to ALL. Help us to love and worship you will ALL our heart, mind, strength and soul knowing you will heal and complete your work in us. Thank you for not leaving us the way you have found us.
In your sweet son’s name Jesus Christ,
Amen