To obey God is to love God. Jesus says in John 14:15, "If you love Me, keep My commands." "And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?" (Deuteronomy 10:12-13) God's commands are for our own good. God is love and all His commands are motivated by His love for us. Our love for God is shown by our obedience to God. We must die to self daily, surrender all to God, and choose to obey God, come what may. "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (Matthew 22:37-40) Love God and love people. May we commit ourselves to be wholeheartedly loyal to God and to always obey Him in everything...in every situation!
By the way, none of us can ever love and obey God perfectly; that's why we need Jesus and the gospel of God's grace!"The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure." (Bernard)
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