A Feeling of Love?

Is love a feeling or is it more than that?

I believe love is more than just a feeling. Jesus said:
I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you - John 15:12.
So love is obviously more than just a feeling.

God requires us to love him and other people is the highest form of love, agape love - love like His. It is a love of the head rather than a love from the heart. A love that is determined to be be concerned first and foremost for the loved ones' well-being in every part of their lives, no matter what the cost is to ourselves or indeed whether that love is returned.

God needs us to love Him and His son. God commands us to love whether we feel like it or not, because we need to demonstrate our love of God. When we serve God our love of God grows.

It is challenging to follow God's command to love one another, but at the end of the day, it's our decision whether we obey God's command or not.

So how do we know that we love God? We know it by being obedient to His will and His commandments.
Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me - John 14:21
This verse is very reassuring as it's sometime difficult to know whether we truly do love God or not, but these words offer the reassurance that as long as we do God will, we are demonstrating our love for Him.

God love me. God love you.
Love God and others in the same way He loves you.

Loving God

John 15:12
Jesus said "I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you".

God loves everyone, whether they know Him or better in Him or not. In the same way, God wants us to love everyone. But more specifically, He wants us to love everyone to the same extent as He wants us to love Him.

...but how do we do that?

We must demonstrate our love for God in everything we do - after all God demonstrates His love for us every day!

The challenge for each of us is that if love is a commandment from God, that means we have a choice - we can choose whether to love God or not!

So it's down to us:

• Do what God wants us to do, follow His commandments and we show our love for Him and for others?


• or Ignore God's commands and we tell Him we don't love Him?

...the choice is ours! After all Jesus said, "Anyone who doesn't love me will not do what I say" (John 14:24).

We show our love for God by obeying His commands.

It's not about how we feel, it's about what we actually do!
It's not about just a few of our actions, it's about all of them!

So we must show our love for everyone in all situations, not just in the situations where we feel comfortable.

John 14:21
Jesus said, "Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me".

Keep on loving!