“This is my
commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s
friends.
Faith, Hope and
Love. The greatest of these is love. But we do not
love Christ when we do not keep His commandments. How could we truly love God and then disobey
Him? This is impossible!
Faith always displays itself in obedience
to God. There is no true faith in God apart from obedience to His every
command.
Hope always show itself in obedience to
God. If our hope is in God, that He will give us the desires of our heart, we
are not then going to disobey Him.
To disobey God, our Father, in any matter,
is absolutely unthinkable. This would be a certain indication that we do not
trust God and are not pleased with Him or His ways. God has enough power to force every creature
to obey Him. But God wants us to obey Him because we love Him.
Since our birth, through our childhood
days, up to our adult life, we show obedience to our parents, our superior, our
spouses or even to our children. In the
same token, we may demand obedience from our people, or children.
The same obedience is expected by God from
us – obedience from the heart. We must
love Him, we must have faith in Him, and we must trust Him! Calling ourselves a Christian on its own
won't do. Following the commandments won't do.
Reading the Bible diligently won't do.
We have to take the Word into our hearts
and obey His every will.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, I obey You. Help me make the transition from just being a
good Christian to being someone who has a deep personal and intimate
relationship with You. May we have the
highest of joys, the deepest of peace, and receive the fullest measure of Your
love every day of our lives. Amen +
I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord.
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