If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. (KJV) ( John 15:10 )
One of these days, I was disturbed in my time with God, I kept "feeling" heavy, and troubled. My thoughts were: "I am not good enough (and never will be) for Christ', considering the fact that I don't live up to His standard and how easily I am defeated; a misbehaving or disobedient child can make my tongue to sin, my anger to erupt and my peace to be snubbed!!! On other side I said 'no God forgives if we repent and correct' but other voice kept telling me 'u are a failure'. What should have been a prayer turned into few minutes of disturbed state of being. I spent several minutes with absolutely no peace then after a tug of war within me, a thought flashed 'He holds my future He alone can change things around' all I have to do is 'pray without ceasing for me to overcome all the difficult areas'
After all that, I read this verse and I say I want to abide in His love. It takes the right attitude to be obedient! It comes natural to us to fight against submission but a loving relationship with God makes our will/desire to be aligned with His will. That submission must come out of our love for Him because we know He works for our best even when it's hard for us to understand. What joy must it be for our Heavenly Father to know that we are happily obeying Him! Are we self-willed even though we call ourselves child of God? What is our attitude towards obedience? Is it out of love or fear or expecting something in return? Are we abiding in His love the way He intended it to be??
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