Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. (This verse is a continuation of the Shema of modern pious Jews that began with Moses' call to God's people to hear the message that the Lord was giving them. After reminding them that the Lord God is a single, sovereign God, Moses calls the people to give their utmost devotion to this One Who Is Lord and God, supreme above all others. The Lord still calls us to bow before Him in complete surrender to Him and to love Him with every fiber of the being with which He has entrusted us, not just with our outward behaviors, but with all the God-given attributes that make us human, of our will, of our personality, of our emotions, of our consciousness, of our thoughts, of our reasoning. Like loyal subjects to kings of old who were a picture of God's Kingdom here on earth, everything the subjects were, everything they had, everything they hoped for, were devoted to the king. Unlike those relationships of old which were often flawed and unjust, our King is committed to us and is completely trustworthy and faithful. We belong safely and solely to Him Who created us and gave us being.)
