It's All About Love?!ናሙና

The source of true love

“God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” (Romans 5:5)

The Lord God asks us to love Him above everything. That sounds almost unattainable! However, this is not an impossible commandment. We can love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). God is the initiator, and we are the respondents. By pouring His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, the Lord God enables us to love Him back for the inexpressible riches of grace He has given us — and still gives us every day as we live with Him.

The Lord God has created us with the ability to love Him. Sin has severely damaged this ability. But when the Lord heals our hearts from sin, we learn to love Him again. When we realize how much we are forgiven, our love for Him will grow by the day.

This is beautifully expressed in a song by William R. Featherston (1862):

My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine;
for thee all the follies of sin I resign;
my gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

I love thee because thou hast first loved me
and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.