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Friday, May 26, 2023

Do I Love God or Just Believe in Him?


Bible Reading: John 14

Focus Verse: "And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” Mark 12: 30-31

God first loved us and made possible redemption for our sins, through this love.  Maybe you have repented and accepted forgiveness through Jesus and you believe in God for this salvation.  Do you have love for God?  The Bible says that to love God is to obey him.  Jesus, himself, tells us that in John 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey my commandments." and again in verse 23, "Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them."  

As we look at what it is like to love God, we see in Mark 12:30 that we are to love God “with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength”.  This type of love will be focused and won't allow other loves to creep in to take affection away from God.  We can not love the worldly things and God at the same time.  1 John 2:15 tells us, " Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you." Therefore, we must ask God to help us put aside those things that distract from our love for God, that are against God's commandments and that are not in His will for us.  

If we love God, we will desire to spend time with Him and follow Him.  He doesn't want to control us, but that we become eager to choose His best for us.  God, our Creator, offers more than we can imagine  in a relationship with Him and the glorious riches of His Word (the Bible) and He holds our future.  We can not live the life that he offers without our yielding to Him in obeying His will and not our own will.  If you struggle to yield, it is something to take to God Himself. Ask God to reveal any way that you need to yield and then ask him to strengthen you to do it.  Be honest with God.  Even Jesus talked to the Father in the Garden about taking the "cup" and said, "not my will, but your will be done" Luke 22:42

by Page Johnson

Interlocking Ministries

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