Follow The Lord Wholeheartedly

“So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.’” Joshua 14:9

During the 1980s, Canadian professor and researcher, Dr. Beverly Fehr conducted several research studies on love and commitment.

The first study was very simple. She had two equivalent groups. One group came up with all of the attributes and characteristics of love, while the other group brainstormed all the attributes and characteristics of commitment.

She simply then compared the two lists and found that around two-thirds of the words used for commitment were also used for love.

What was her conclusion of this overlap?

Commitment is intrinsic to the very notion and concept of love. The two are intertwined and inseparable and affect one another.

Following the Lord wholeheartedly means total commitment.

Thank Jesus that He went to the Cross fully committed to you and choose to follow Him with your whole heart.

“Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all.” – Augustine

“But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.” – Romans 6:17