Love the Lord and Love Your Neighbor | Matthew 22:37-39

“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart… and love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-39, NKJV). Jesus names these two commands as the foundation everything else in the law hangs on.

Notice the order. Love for God comes first, and love for neighbor follows, not as a separate obligation, but as an outworking of the first.

As yourself is worth noticing too. This isn’t asking for a love greater than what you’d want for yourself, just an equal regard, extended outward.

Where is your love for neighbor currently falling short of the same regard you’d want extended to yourself?