What God requires

“And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?” Deut 10:12-13
This might sound like a lot of requirements from God on us – reverence, following, love, service, observation. But it can all be boiled down to a single word: commitment. This is what God requires of us.
If we are truly committed to God, then all of the other things will follow as a matter of course. If we are committed to Him, we will be showing Him reverence. We will be loving Him. We will want to walk in His ways and observe His commands. We will want to serve Him with everything we have.
“This is love for God: to obey His commands. And His commands are not burdenson, for everyone born of God overcomes the world” (1 John 5:3-4). If we are born of God, we have a new nature that is above the ways of the world. Commands are given for those who are disobedient by nature (1 Tim. 1:9).
Here is the question for all of us: Are we 100% committed to the Lord today?