How Much Do I really Love God and People?
"If you love me, you will obey what I command." John 14:15
So I was reading my Bible tonight. Yes I probably should have been doing my homework instead but anyways. I had no specific place I was reading. I honestly haven't picked up my Bible to really read since several weeks or maybe even a few months ago. Sorry if this is totally stupid or dumb but it is jsut what I got out of reading my Bible. Anyways I had a piece of paper in my Bible where John 14 was. I'm not sure why but figured this is as good as any place to begin reading. As I was reading I came to this verse. If you love me, you will obey what I command. I continued reading. But I kept going back to that verse for some reason. In the past few days my friend and I have been talking about my behavior that I need to start listening and obeying a lot better than I do. And also that I need to listen and obey and be respectful whether it is asked of me or not. Okay I realized this. Often times I am always telling my friends I love them and stuff and always say yeah I love God. But reading that verse caused me to stop and really think. Do I really love them and God like I say I do? Because the verse does say if you love me you'll obey. And do I do that? If I were to be completely honest I would have to say no not very often. I do obey but only after the fourth, fifth or maybe tenth time of being told something. So then is that really obedience on my part? Not really I guess because obedience is a three-part thing. It has to be done immediately, cheerfully, and without complaint without all three it isn't completely obedience. And the verse doesn't say if you love me you will obey me sometimes it just says you will obey me. So with all this said I honestly don't think my love towards God or even others is really all that super. It needs a lot of work before I can truly say I love you. I think I really do mean it when I tell people I love them but if my actions are not lining up then am I? I'm not really entirely sure about all this. But yeah I guess I've heard this verse and read over it many times but somehow well I don't know it meant something to me and like hopped off the page at me.
"If you love me, you will obey what I command." John 14:15
So I was reading my Bible tonight. Yes I probably should have been doing my homework instead but anyways. I had no specific place I was reading. I honestly haven't picked up my Bible to really read since several weeks or maybe even a few months ago. Sorry if this is totally stupid or dumb but it is jsut what I got out of reading my Bible. Anyways I had a piece of paper in my Bible where John 14 was. I'm not sure why but figured this is as good as any place to begin reading. As I was reading I came to this verse. If you love me, you will obey what I command. I continued reading. But I kept going back to that verse for some reason. In the past few days my friend and I have been talking about my behavior that I need to start listening and obeying a lot better than I do. And also that I need to listen and obey and be respectful whether it is asked of me or not. Okay I realized this. Often times I am always telling my friends I love them and stuff and always say yeah I love God. But reading that verse caused me to stop and really think. Do I really love them and God like I say I do? Because the verse does say if you love me you'll obey. And do I do that? If I were to be completely honest I would have to say no not very often. I do obey but only after the fourth, fifth or maybe tenth time of being told something. So then is that really obedience on my part? Not really I guess because obedience is a three-part thing. It has to be done immediately, cheerfully, and without complaint without all three it isn't completely obedience. And the verse doesn't say if you love me you will obey me sometimes it just says you will obey me. So with all this said I honestly don't think my love towards God or even others is really all that super. It needs a lot of work before I can truly say I love you. I think I really do mean it when I tell people I love them but if my actions are not lining up then am I? I'm not really entirely sure about all this. But yeah I guess I've heard this verse and read over it many times but somehow well I don't know it meant something to me and like hopped off the page at me.
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