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Read: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Listen: Deuteronomy 6

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5

This passage is the foundation of who God says he is and who he calls his people to be. God is the God alone. He calls his people to worship no other god. More than that, he calls for total surrender—heart, soul and strength. This passage becomes the foundational prayer of Jews for generations. They remind themselves of who they worship, so their hearts are eager to respond in love. Their obedience to God hinges on remembrance of their rescue.

We, too, need to continually remember what God did for us. Jesus shares how we can show him our love: “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15). Evidence of our love for God is in how we shape our lives around his rules. Love for God can feel blazing and passionate at the start, but like a honeymoon phase giving way to routine, our motivation to love God through obedience can cool and fade. We must not allow ourselves to become numb to our rescue. Like the Israelites, we must continually remind ourselves of our deliverance and let it shape our response to God’s rules.

TODAY:  How do you need to re-engage your rescue? Ask God for grace to reveal how he wants to transform your actions by the reality of his salvation. For help re-engaging the greater story of God’s rescue, explore Moses’s story on the Beyond the Weekend Podcast. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts or on YouTube.