Serve Him With All Your Heart and Soul

"But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul." Joshua 22:5

In this scripture we are admonished to love the Lord, follow His example, keep His commandments, cleave unto Him and serve Him with all our heart and soul. I think that the first three things are easy to do. We can love Him, follow His example and obediently keep His commandments, but cleave is something which signifies a strong, tight hold not just holding His hand but clinging on as if our life depended on it. Which in fact it does, our salvation depends on our willingness to hold tightly to Him and serving Him with our whole being. We cannot allow ourselves to be distracted or loosen our hold on the one being who can bring us safely home.