Giving to God
. . . I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. John 15:31
Every believer eventually reaches a point of profound love for God without obvious expression. When worship alone cannot fully display your love, what is a saint to do? Paint a painting? Plant a tree? Sing really loud? To show love for your wife you can buy flowers and chocolates. To show love for a child, offer them ice cream. But how do you show God your love? Jesus tells us how his love for the father is evident . . . obedience. I know this is a four letter word among Christians today, but I bring it up because Jesus did.
Please do not misunderstand me, we are never told that it is possible to earn a spot in heaven, but we are repeatedly told to live a life that pleases God. Our hearts are wrong when the idea of living a holy life causes us to recoil in horror. According to Jesus, obeying God is of the best ways of expressing our love for God.
Using Christ’s measurement for love, our love for God should not be hard to gauge because its fruit is visible, obeying gods commands. Much obedience = much love, little obedience = little love, no obedience = no love.
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” John 14:21
