Day Thirty-Three Forty Days of Focus: Relationships

The two Great Commandments are a better summary of the bible than any other passage of Scripture. Not coincidentally, Jesus declared as much when pressed to declare His own belief about eternity. In this declaration we discover our need for right relationship with a Holy God (worship) and right relationship with mankind, made in His image (love). In the simplest of ways we are told what real living is all about: worship God with all you have and serve your neighbor as yourself. This leaves us with a distinct impression that self serving pursuits are the antithesis of what we were created to do and the cause of great evil. Are you using your strength for the good of others or for yourself?