Love the Lord Your God

“’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength…." (Deut. 6:5). Primarily in view here is the love shown by a subject to a king. To love King Yahweh is to be his loyal and obedient servant (Israel was the Lord’s kingdom people).... Such love is to be total, involving one’s whole being….” -- NIV Study Bible