Love You, Too!

During last week’s discussion, we learned that God has an unreasonable, tough and unconditional love for all of us. And yes, lucky are we that no matter what, that great love remains and will forever be there.

On the other hand, a love unrequited is our concern today. Have we ever assessed our response to God’s Love? Did we ever take time to see if we do things to reciprocate that great love He has for us? Have we ever returned “I Love You” back to Him? Have we been fair? Or we just always ignore and take things for granted?

I know that we all want to respond to the great love of the Lord. And for us to do so, here’s the things we can do:

SCRITURE BASIS: Deuteronomy 10:12-13

A. Fear Him – Our fear of the Lord is the start of our knowledge and relationship to Him. This is when we stand in awe of His power and majesty.
1. Sinners’ Fear – they run away from God
2. Saints’ Fear – they trust the Lord more

B. Walk in His Way – To walk in His way is to live like how Jesus lived. This is to imitate Him, not some of his ways but all of His ways.

C. Love Him with All Your Being – Loving God is the ultimate thing behind every Christian does. In this sense, it tells us that we have to love what God loves and to love Him unconditionally.

D. Serve Him – It is a requirement to all Christians. There is no exception. This means to serve Him wherever He puts us and laying in all our talents, time and treasures to advance His kingdom here on earth.

E. Obey Him – Out of love we obey. And obeying Him is our proof of love for Him.

There is no hard way in giving back the love our God deserves. In the first place, he has already done a thing no other can, when he did it the time we were still sinners. And these things that we can do for Him are the least we can. Remember that we can never reciprocate equally the great love our God has for us. But he didn’t ever require us to do so. We just have to do simple and small things, and the Lord is more than pleased. Blessed be!

Acknowledgment: Sermon by Ptra. Cecil Mendoza, Jan. 31, 10, Jesus For All Ministries, KKFI Seminar Hall, Manila.