Love Connection

Rom.8:¹⁴ [NKJV] “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. ¹⁵ …you received the Spirit of adoption… ¹⁶ That Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God ¹⁷ and if children, then heirs –heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ…”

When you are in God’s house, you need to relate as a child of God and as a child of His house. So, you attend to the Father’s house not out of duty but in response to His heart and out of a desire to please Him. If you relate as a servant, you are going to just work and work and the people that are relating as children will own everything. Do not just say ‘That is not my portion!’ Lots of people say that and do nothing about changing their mind set. Change your own mind-set!

When a servant fails for instance, he can be fired. When a child fails, he cannot be fired. The father can threaten to disown the child but how possible is that, really? To disown a child, you need to drain all your blood from his veins successfully. Then shave all his hair and remove everything carrying your DNA from his body. And since the mother has not disowned the child, you have to separate your own DNA from the mother’s DNA. Really, how possible is that? So, the expert in religious law opens up a huge revelation for us, with his sarcastic question in Lu.10:²⁵ “…Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”

Let us take a closer look at Jesus’s response in Lu.10:²⁶ “Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?” ²⁷ The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’” [with emphasis]. Jesus is saying it is all about love. This is why God says in 1 John 4:⁷ [NKJV] “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone  who loves is born of God and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” This love Jesus speaks about is two-fold:

The first is the Vertical Love, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ You should love God until you are gassed out. That is what it means and when you get strength, you continue to love Him. The second is the Horizontal Love. ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’”

Prayer: Father, because I am born of God and I know God, I will love God with all my heart, soul, strength and mind. And I will love people as I love myself, in Jesus Name. Amen!