“Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength’” (Mark 12:29-30).
The Lord is One. The unbeliever asks how the Lord can be three and yet be One. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are One God. We have the revelation He has given us. Hear, listen, and learn: God is love. The relationship of our Triune God exudes His love into creation. Learn to love the One who first loved you. Come into His love and learn to love others as He loves them. Do so with all that you are.
Lord, you know that this world promotes that love is a feeling and so I often do not feel like loving. But, by Your example, I see that love is action. While yet we were sinners, You loved us. Teach me the principle that goes deep into my soul so that I may act by Your direction knowing that all that You direct comes from the love that You have for Your whole creation. Teach me what it means to love.
Lord Jesus, You and the Father are love in relationship. You subjected Yourself to death, even death on a cross, out of love for us all. Help me so that I enter into that love relationship You have established knowing that in You alone will I find life’s meaning and purpose. Guide me so that I learn how to love You and my neighbor. Keep me from the distractions of this world to abide in You and the love You have in order that it may flow through me. Amen.
