Love
In John 14 Jesus develops the theme that if you love him you will obey him. Just as Jesus was about to follow his Father's desires in going to the cross, out of love for his Father, so to are we to follow Jesus desire and in doing so show our love for him.
It is amazing how backwards we get things sometimes. Love for Jesus is demonstrated through obedience. Period. That is it. But part of the problem is that we always want to make sure somebody else is obeying Jesus, so we can avoid our own lives.
It is easy to obey when it is convenient, but what about when it isn't? What about when following Jesus starts to mess up our lives? It is then that our love for the Lord is truly tested.
It is amazing how backwards we get things sometimes. Love for Jesus is demonstrated through obedience. Period. That is it. But part of the problem is that we always want to make sure somebody else is obeying Jesus, so we can avoid our own lives.
It is easy to obey when it is convenient, but what about when it isn't? What about when following Jesus starts to mess up our lives? It is then that our love for the Lord is truly tested.
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