Our Love For God

1 John 3: 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

The taking over of the romantic love ideal into our relationship to God has been extremely injurious to our Christian lives. The idea that we should "fall in love" with God is dishonorable, unscriptural unworthy of us and certainly does no honor to the Most High God!

We do not come to love God by a sudden emotional visitation. Love for God results from repentance, amendment of life, and a fixed determination to love Him. Then as God moves more perfectly into the focus of our hearts, our love for Him may indeed rise and swell within us till like a flood it overtakes everything in us.

Be we should not wait for this intensity of feeling. We are not responsible to feel but we are responsible to love, and true spiritual love begins with our will.

We should set out hearts to love God supremely, however cold or hard they may seem to be, and go on to confirm our love by happy and careful obedience to His Word. Enjoyable emotions are sure to follow!

Let's be intentional about our love for God today, let's make Him our focus and watch as His love overtakes every area of our lives.

Credits: AW Tozer - KJV - HS - TM