Worth The Obsession...

Everything that is important to us can lose its luster if we don’t nurture it. Even the love we feel for those close to us will grow cold if we do not stir up that love consistently. The same can be true for something as wonderful as the gospel…
“Place these words on your hearts. Get them deep inside you. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder. Teach them to your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning until you fall into bed at night.” ~Deut. 11:18-19
In this verse God gave ‘stir-up’ instructions to the people of Israel so they wouldn’t lose their closeness to Him. It is clear that He wanted them to obsess on the divine relationship…talk about it…remember it…restate it…over and over…all day long. Why? Because that is what humanity needs to maintain their focus on the ‘God-World’. Otherwise we’ll just drift back to the world we can see with our eyes and explain with our minds. And the spiritual wonders will drift away from our attention and expectations. We need to take this lesson to heart in this day too. The gospel of Christ is an amazing and wonderful thing that enriches everyone it touches in unspeakable ways. But if we don’t keep talking about it and restating it and stirring it up in our souls, we will soon start to take it for granted, it will drift away, and its great power to strengthen us will wane. Trust me when I say, it’s WORTH THE OBSESSION! ~Verlon