Devotions: The Law of Love

 

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

2 John 6 New American Standard Bible 1995

 

Love is not fluffy, happy/feely, or wishy washy. True love is solid, unwavering and at times hard. True love for God means obedience. We cannot say that we love God if we knowingly and willfully do what He hates. That is selfishness not love. The Bible tells us how to love others and that is found in obeying God’s commands. His Law is summarized in loving Him and others, so obeying the law is showing love. Interestingly, we show God love by obeying His commands, and His commands are to love. So we love God by loving Him…This was not a new teaching when it was written or now. What the Bible has always taught is still as true and relevant as it always has been, that is why it is called the living Word of God. It is alive and active. We have no right or authority to dismiss any part of Scripture for any reason. So we love through obedience to God’s commands, which are to love others. However, as stated earlier, love is not always easy. True love is not tolerant. It does not overlook or condone sin because sin is going against God’s law and that is not love. So just as it is not loving for us to act contrary to God’s law, it is not loving for us to encourage or condone others’ actions against God’s law. Love does what is right, toward God and others, and what is right is obedience. If we focused on true, godly love, we would never sin. That is how we are to walk, to live, in true, obedient, godly love. Love does what is best and right, not what makes people happy.

Do you love God? Do your actions reveal a love for Him and others? Ask God to help you love others with a true, godly love. Ask Him for the courage and willingness to show His kind of love to others.

 

 

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Translations of Greek and Hebrew words taken from blueletterbible.org