What Does God Ask of You? part 3

" ... what does the Lord your God ask of you but to ... love him ... ." 

(see Deuteronomy 10:12-13)

What does God ask of you but to love Him?  Simple, just love Him.  How difficult can that be?  Two words -- love Him.  That's all God asks.  Seems easy enough, but is it really?  How faithful are you to loving Him? On a scale of 0 (no faithfulness, complete self-centeredness) to 10 (perfect faithfulness, total God centeredness), rate yourself.

Here is the space for your love Him rating _____.

Your love Him rating, what does that mean?  Are you clear on what love is? How do you love Him? Surely, God has already provided answers to all your questions.  Jesus said,  "if anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching."  Jesus continues, "he who does not love me will not obey my teaching."  (see John 14:23-24)  So then, your love Him rating is a factor of your obedience to His teaching.   Another way of rating could be this.  How obedient are you to His teaching?  On a scale of 0 (total disobedience to His teaching) to 10 (total obedience to His teaching), rate yourself.

Here is the space for your obedience to His teaching rating _____.

Are your two ratings the same?  Why? Why not?  How do you increase your ratings?  What would God have you do?