Do You Love the Lord...

The Bible is full of all sorts of interesting verse dealing with a everything from creation, war, rules, love, peace, wisdom, and knowledge.

As I sat down to write you this evening I was reminded of a verse in the Bible that talks about what it means to love Christ.

You see, I think that most of us would say that we loved Christ if someone were to ask us but is that really true?

If it is, have you told the Lord lately? He is waiting to hear from you. He has even told us how to act if we do love him.

He tells us in the Bible that if we love him we will keep his commandments. "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." 1 John 5:3

I think it is interesting to note the last part of that verse. Why was that piece out in there? I believe that it works as both a statement and as a springboard for us to examine our lives. Do you find God's commandments hard to follow? Are his commandments grievous to you?

The Bible talks about a rich young ruler who thought that Jesus' command to sell all that he had was way to hard. He left without the knowledge of what it is to serve Christ.

My question for you is do you LOVE Christ? What has he commanded you to do for him? Will you do it or will you leave without the knowledge of what it is to serve Christ?