How Is Your Love Life?

How Is Your Love Life?

How is your love life? I trust that you feel loved. If no one else loves you, God loves you. It says so in John 3:16. John 3:16 lets us know that God so loved the world that He selflessly gave His only begotten Son. Now that is love. God spared not His Son, but sent Him to die for you and me. That is love. Jesus loves us, too. He said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Now that is love. Jesus died for you and me. He sacrificed His body for us. That is love.

Now, what about you? Do you love God and if so, how do you show your love to God? I am sure that you have confessed that you love God. Surely, you have sung that song that says, “Oh, how I love Jesus, because He first loved me.” When you love someone, you would like them to show love back, don’t you?

Do you adore God? Surely, if you love someone you would adore them. When you think about God’s goodness does a smile just automatically appear on your face? When you think about His mercy and grace that He has showered upon you does your heart rejoice? Have you ever had an inclination to prostrate yourself before Him? When you feel His overwhelming presence, do you give in and allow His Spirit to lift you?

Do you spend quality time alone with God? Surely, if you love someone you would spend some quality time with them-you know, one on one time. Do you do that? How much time do you spend with Him? Is the thirty second or two minute prayer the extent of your time together each day? Surely, you spend more time with Him than just when you attend church, right? Do you regularly spend time with Him reading His word?

Do you think about God often? Surely, if you love someone you would think about them often. How often do you think about God? Do you think about Him only on Sunday morning, Wednesday night, during revival week, at meal time, or bed time? Or do you only think about Him when you find yourself in a bind that you have tried first to fix and failed to do so?

Do you communicate often with God? Surely, if you love someone you would communicate with them often. When you communicate with God, do you do all of the talking? When is the last time you listened to Him? Has He never asked you to help someone that you may not have if He had not asked you? Has He ever asked you to do something that required you to get out of your comfort zone?

Do you obey God? Surely, if you loved God then you would obey Him. For His word declares in 1 John 5:3, “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.” Jesus said in John 14:15, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments.” We are commanded to love God. We are commanded to love Him with our hearts, souls, and minds.

So, how is your love life? Are your human relationships suffering because your relationship with God is not where it should be? Or, is your relationship with God suffering because you are more enamored with the people, the pleasures, the positions, or the possessions in your life?

I thought I knew how to love. I later learned that I did not know what love was until I heard the Good News of Jesus' love for me. The sacred and self-sacrificing love He displayed when He died upon the cross for my sin awakened a deeper sensitivity within me, which drew me to call upon Him to save me from my impoverished idea of what love was and save my soul from the wretchedness of my sin.

I, admit, my love life is not perfect, but I rejoice in that He is perfecting me day by day, taking me from glory to glory for His word and His Spirit empowers and compels me to love according to His righteous standards.

If you are not showing love for God, take this time right now to repent and return His love. I encourage you to accept His Son as your Savior and Lord and you will experience what true love is. For God Is Love!!!

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
3/6/08