The SHEMA....overflowing to our children

Lately I have been reminded of The Shema is this passage in Deuteronomy 6

⁴ “ Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! ⁵  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ⁶  These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. ⁷  You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. ⁸  You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as ^[b]frontals ^[c]on your forehead. ⁹  You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

  

Shema is the Hebrew word for "hear", the first word in verse 4.

The Gospel message of Jesus is consistent and fully entwined with this old testament command.  When Jesus was asked in Mark 12:29 which of the commandments was the greatest, Jesus recited the Shema.  

Our love for God must always be the priority of our lives.  

From our love for God flows our love for others.   

1 John 4:7-8

 ⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Things to do today

       1) Love God

       2) Love Others

 Okay what is next....

The SHEMA reminds us....we must love God in such a way and have his word and teaching in us so that it overflows to our children.  

I must admit that the outpouring of God's love is not always the first thing that leaks out when I am squeezed daily by the world.    

Here is a question...

What overflows from my life that my children would believe is my main interest?

Would it be my job/career?

Would it be my concern for finances and how "We really don't have money for this or that."

Would it be my aspirations for new gatchet or gizmo? Just one more thing to really make me happy.

Would it be my disgust for reckless drivers and other people I pronounce as "idiots" in front of my kids?

Would it be that my children have replaced God as the most important thing in the world?

It can be overwhelming...but the Father knows our frame and that we are but dust....so He breaks it down for me "Big Bird style".  (small bites so I can grasp it.)

Concentrate on  loving the Lord (Yehwah) your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 

When we love....the rest of the details work out.        Ken