Do you love Him?
Am supposed to read my Political Philosophy readings but somehow, this issue keeps popping into my head. Read something like that from a friend's blog.
Do we love God? As much as He loves us?
Sure, the "best" Christian might very well be the one standing beside you in the pews on Sundays.. he/she serves the most diligently, does his/her Quiet Time for at least an hour per day, takes time off to do volunteer work, gives unhesitatingly to missions.. but does he/she love God truly?
On Judgement Day, when God says - "Do you love me?" - what will your answer be?
Do we really love Him? Are we ready to give our lives for Him, just as He died for us? Are we ready to love others, just as He loves others?
In the best of times, when A's come your way and everything goes well, you proclaim His greatness and His might. But what happens when everything goes wrong in life, when family members die and you go bankrupt? Would you still walk close to Him? Or would you complain and rant, and draw away from God?
What is love? Love is not the legalistic expression of how much you want others to admire your "close walk with God".. as I suspect many of us, I included, think it is. True, we feel good when others praise us for serving so dutifully, for proclaiming His beauty.. for "loving" God so well. But is that love?
Love is - just love. Love is the willingness, the passion, the conviction in your heart that what you're doing is right, when God calls you to do it. It's the thankfulness and gratefulness that overflows in you, whether you see rainbows or when the rain's beating down too heavily. It's the feeling when you close your eyes and can just feel His warmth and love surrounding you.. and just feel so glad, so joyful.. it's the little whispered prayers only you and God know about, the willingness to shed all inhibitions and just show your vulnerability, and just run crying into His arms... Love is the passion to get to know Him more, more and more and more, day by day.. Love is the feeling you get when God's finally, really within you.
And out of a love for God comes an outpouring of joy, and of peace, and of love for others.
Ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and tell you if you really love Him. Ask God to teach you how to love Him - love Him as He first loved us.
Do we love God? As much as He loves us?
Sure, the "best" Christian might very well be the one standing beside you in the pews on Sundays.. he/she serves the most diligently, does his/her Quiet Time for at least an hour per day, takes time off to do volunteer work, gives unhesitatingly to missions.. but does he/she love God truly?
On Judgement Day, when God says - "Do you love me?" - what will your answer be?
Do we really love Him? Are we ready to give our lives for Him, just as He died for us? Are we ready to love others, just as He loves others?
In the best of times, when A's come your way and everything goes well, you proclaim His greatness and His might. But what happens when everything goes wrong in life, when family members die and you go bankrupt? Would you still walk close to Him? Or would you complain and rant, and draw away from God?
What is love? Love is not the legalistic expression of how much you want others to admire your "close walk with God".. as I suspect many of us, I included, think it is. True, we feel good when others praise us for serving so dutifully, for proclaiming His beauty.. for "loving" God so well. But is that love?
Love is - just love. Love is the willingness, the passion, the conviction in your heart that what you're doing is right, when God calls you to do it. It's the thankfulness and gratefulness that overflows in you, whether you see rainbows or when the rain's beating down too heavily. It's the feeling when you close your eyes and can just feel His warmth and love surrounding you.. and just feel so glad, so joyful.. it's the little whispered prayers only you and God know about, the willingness to shed all inhibitions and just show your vulnerability, and just run crying into His arms... Love is the passion to get to know Him more, more and more and more, day by day.. Love is the feeling you get when God's finally, really within you.
And out of a love for God comes an outpouring of joy, and of peace, and of love for others.
Ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and tell you if you really love Him. Ask God to teach you how to love Him - love Him as He first loved us.
posted by Yellow Garfield at 12:42 AM
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