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Why the Name “Outward and Upward?”

In the last week of Jesus’ life, a lawyer asked Him a profound question:

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Matthew 22:36-40).

Pulled by so many demands and distractions, don’t we ask ourselves similar questions all the time? “There’s so much going on! Where should I focus? What really matters, here?”

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