Pk’s Corner August 2011
The Prime Directive:
Deuteronomy 6: 4 “Hear of Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength”.(NLT)
In the Sci-fi programs “Star Trek” there is one thing that binds all the story lines together, and that is the “Prime Directive”. The prime directive dictates that the travelers cannot and will not interfere with a developing civilization, in any way. Thank goodness we have a different prime directive.
Our prime directive is to whole heartedly love God. We are called to make God the center of our universe, not just an afterthought. Notice that the scripture does not say “You will love the Lord your God with only the upper part of your heart”. No, we are called to love God with every fiber of our being, to put our all into love and worship of this God who only gave us the best
This prime directive was reiterated when Christ was asked “What is the greatest commandment”. The point is, we are supposed to be focused on God all of the time, not just some of the time. Even in church we must remember the reason we are there, and that is to bring honor and glory to God. We cannot allow ourselves to get bogged down by worldly ideas of success, nor let the world convince us that God is just “out there”. We need and must have a God centered life in ourselves and our church.
Now, you are given the prime directive. When you read the scripture, instead of Israel, put in your name. You see, God has called you to love God all the time with everything you have. The really cool thing is that God has already started loving you with everything God has. We must love God, because it is the only way to truly know what love is all about.
Listen up world, you must Love God with everything you have and are. Amen
