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Thoughts on Today’s Verse…
Love is much more than a feeling or an attitude: love is an action. When we love, we show it by our deeds. As disciples of Jesus, our love is shown by our obedience to the things Jesus taught. Of course, that obedience brings an incredible blessing — Jesus reveals himself to those that obey him!
My Prayer…
Dear Lord, my Abba Father, please forgive me for my sins. Empower me to resist the Evil One. Help me find delight in obeying the teaching of my Lord and Savior, Jesus. In the name your Son I ask this. Amen.
Bible References
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 14:21
Whoever has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I too will love them and show Myself to them.
The real proof of a persons love of the Lord is obedience to His commands. It is useless to talk about loving Him if we have no intention or purpose to obey Him.
Many in our world today talk about Jesus, most even believe that He truly existed and was a good man. Where they come up short however is they do not believe that He is who He claims to be, the very one and only Son of God. Since they do not believe that they need Him as Savior, they of course do not obey the commands laid out in Scripture. Why would they?
But, for those of us who have trusted in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we know the importance of following His commands. We know that He created us and loves us as no other ever will, so we trust that when He gives us a command it is for our own good to obey! If you find that you have no desire to obey God’s Word, you might examine your heart to see if salvation has ever taken place. Yes, those who trust Christ still sin, but we recognize it by the convicting of the Holy Spirit and confess it to God (1 John 1:9). Then we go on with a renewed purpose to not do that again. God knows our hearts desire!
1 John 5:3
In fact, this is love for God: to keep His commands. And His commands are not burdensome.
Psalm 119:4-6
You have charged us to keep Your commandments carefully. Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect Your decrees! Then I will not be ashamed when I compare my life with Your commands.
The Father loves all the world in one sense, but He has a special love for those who love His Son! These people are also loved by Christ and He makes Himself known to them in a special way. We have a personal relationship with Jesus when we place our trust in Him, the more we love Him, the better we will KNOW Him!
So, how well do you know Jesus? I will venture to say that none of us know Him as well as we could. And that is on us, not Him! Lord help us to make a concentrated effort each day to read God’s Word, pray to Him, and then go out in this world and tell others of His great love for them. After all, that is the only reason we are still here!
Father God, thank You for sending Jesus to die for my sins at the cross at Calvary! Thank You for loving me and for Your mercy and grace towards me. I love You so Abba and give You all praise this day, Amen!