ABIDE IN LOVE
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16)
The Scripture speaks out, “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16).
Lord Jesus said: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love” (John 15:9, 10).
Devout Joshua said to the Israelites: “So be very careful to love the LORD your God” (Joshua 23:11). To love God is to abide in His love. Do we so abide?
Lord Jesus said: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). Do we love God with all our heart? Let us examine ourselves.
Look at the life of Lord Jesus. Did He abide in love? It is because He did abide in His Father’s love that the Lord exalted Him! The Father, besides glorifying Him, also testified about Him as the Son of God: "And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). “While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’" (Matthew 17:5).
What a great testimony is this! When we too abide in God’s love, He will say of us: “He/ she is My beloved son/ daughter, in whom I am well pleased.” When we keep the commandments of God, we abide in His love.
Prayer:
Loving Lord Jesus,
You demonstrated your unconditional love for mankind on the cross. Come and dwell in me. Help me to abide in your love. Enable me to keep your commandments so that I may remain in your love. Help me to live a life that pleases You. May I find favour in your sight. Enable me to love others just as You have loved me.
In Your matchless name I pray.
Amen.
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