RESTORE
ONCE MORE LOVING GOD WITH A WHOLE HEART
How
do we please God? In the previous two articles we looked at two
duties of man necessary in order to please our God and be blessed in
our walk with Him. Understanding the importance of fearing the Lord
is the beginning of gaining wisdom for life. (Proverbs
9:4) The second directive
is dedicating ourselves to walking in God’s ways so as to ensure
entrance into eternal life with our Father in heaven.
Deuteronomy
10:12-13 reveals yet
another aspect of pleasing God – LOVING Him with all our hearts.
How then do we accomplish this in real life? To answer this question
we can look to Scripture to help us. Covenant love with God and
others is more a matter of will and decision than it is about how we
feel. Faithfulness to those attitudes and actions revealed in
Scripture is a key to success.
1
Corinthians 13:4-8 outlines
how to love God evidenced by how we love others. In fact, scripture
says that if we do not know how to love, “we
are nothing!” (vs.
2) How do we love? We
are to be long-suffering, kind, not envious, not proud and needing to
be the center of attention. Love is not rude, isn’t self-seeking,
is not easily provoked and does not gossip. Love is not happy to
see others fall. Love acts truthfully and bears up, believes, hopes,
and endures to the end! Scripture says in 1
John 4:20 a truth
concerning loving God. He who loves God, must love his brother!
This week, let’s pursue love!
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