How To Love God With Half of Your Heart

Loving God With Half Of Your Heart

I’ve heard that Jesus died on the cross because we can’t keep HIS commands. The greatest command is to love the LORD with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength (Deut. 6:5). When people say that Jesus died so we don’t have to follow HIS law anymore, they are saying that we don’t have to love HIM with all our hearts. They say the law was fulfilled by HIS sacrifice. The only part of the law that Jesus fulfilled was the part where it delivers us from death. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). We have now been given eternal life and that means that we will be resurrected from the grave as Jesus was resurrected from the grave (Romans 6:5). I’ve heard that we don’t have to observe the LORD’s feasts because Jesus fulfilled the law. When you love the LORD with all your heart, you observe The Feast of Unleavened Bread which has everything to do with Christ instead of Easter which has everything to do with Paganism. You can’t fit a square peg into a round hole. It just doesn’t fit. You can’t worship the God of Israel however you want. The Bible is HIS instructions that we are supposed to follow. If you follow Jesus Christ then you do what HE did (1 John 2:6).

“These people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:8-9

The LORD spoke to me about HIS people worshipping HIM with only half of their hearts. Psalm 103 is about blessing the LORD with everything you have because of HIS mercies, HIS power, HIS greatness, HIS covenant, and HIS statutes.

Psalm 103:10 “He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.”

Psalm 66 is about giving to the LORD because of HIS mercy when we are put through the fire, when HE tests us with fire, when we suffer, when we are afflicted, and when we are in trouble. Our gratitude is sky high when HE delivers us and has mercy on us. You can’t live your life giving only half of your heart to the LORD. You can’t have your fun, do whatever you want to do, worship HIM however you see fit to worship HIM, and you can’t give the LORD whatever is left over.

The LORD will speak to us through personal experiences. He has a heart to heart talk with us. One way we learn is to actually walk it out whether it takes months or even years to understand. I told the LORD that if HE lets me marry this man whom I love, then I will do whatever HE wants me to do. I am going through heartbreak and I've been praying and fasting for over a year now for this one thing. It is so painful because the LORD is showing me how HE feels when HIS children treat HIM a certain way. They don't talk to HIM, they ignore HIM, and they only talk to HIM when they want something. HIS love for us is a kind of passion that we have never known, no matter how much we love someone, he loves us MORE! Even so, HIS children would rather be distant. Those people will be destroyed. Furthermore, because I sinned with this man, the LORD has shown me how HE treats those who sin against HIM. We kissed, held hands, and made out late one night and since then I have been learning how the LORD cuts off those who disobey HIM. When they do not turn from their evil ways, they are cast away. The LORD does not hear them. HE isn’t going to wait forever for you to repent. There will be a day when HE says to those who are disobedient to depart from HIM. HE will not know them because they didn’t follow HIS law (Matthew 7:23). However, I have faith that my prayers and my fastings have been heard as I have repented from the evil that I committed. Impurity is the same as death. HE has made me clean and my actions have not gone unpunished. During this suffering, the fruits of the Spirit are being cultivated inside of me: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, and Faithfulness. I am learning to endure and to persevere.

Isaiah 66 is important because it talks about what will happen to those who half-heartedly worship the LORD. The following is what I gathered from it. The LORD’s judgment brings horror to all mankind. We see their dead bodies. All mankind will worship the LORD from Sabbath to Sabbath and from New Moon to New Moon. The Christian churches do not do this yet. We are HIS priests and Levites. The LORD will send those who survive to the places that have not heard of HIS fame or seen HIS glory. Those who follow pastors and leaders, not obeying God’s law and eating pigs and other unclean animals will be destroyed. HIS fire will be poured out on HIS enemies like never before. Jerusalem will comfort us. We are little babies that will be breastfed at the breast of Jerusalem, the Holy City, the Bride of Christ.

We will flourish and grow like the grass. Those who say that they want to see your joy when you glorify the LORD will be put to shame because of the LORD’s wrath. Glorifying the LORD doesn’t always bring smiles. There is suffering involved. These are the churches who preach hyper-grace and have kicked me out for dancing with worship flags. The LORD is not in them. They only preach what you want to hear. The LORD’s enemies ignore HIM, they don’t talk to HIM, and they only go to HIM when they want something. They don’t do what the LORD wants them to do, so HE chooses their punishment. The enemies of the LORD worship HIM however, they want to worship HIM instead of doing what the LORD delights in. An example of this would be the Hebrew Roots movement when they preach on Torah Portions instead of what the Holy Spirit is saying to them. They practice Jewish traditions instead of walking in the Spirit. This is what has caused some who were in the Hebrew Roots movement to convert to Judaism. Isaiah 66 talks about those who exalt animals instead of giving what is required and burning incense to God as if HE is an idol. Be humble, submissive in spirit, and tremble at HIS word. HE made all things and by HIS hand everything came into being. HE created existence. What house, what temple, what place can the LORD dwell in when the Earth is HIS footstool? Heaven is HIS throne.