Defend Your Love for God II

June 30

Text: Jn. 15:1-15    More Lessons: Rom. 5:8

It is the love of God for us that made us more than conquerors, Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us Rom. 8:37. Without His love we cannot conquer, therefore we must keep and jealously guard His love for us. No matter the arrows Satan throws at us, we must not do anything to hurt that love because if we lose God’s love, we lose His favour.

Job remains a living example any day! The more arrows Satan shot at him, the more he established his commitment and love for God. I noticed with great challenge that while the arrows of Satan were being shot at Job, he was not struggling to defend his possessions (human and material), rather his concern was how to keep his faith and love for God who loved him. No wonder his confession was, Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him Job 13:15. At the end of the day, Job had double for all his loss.

This is a lesson for us all today; we must recognise that every affliction of the believer is targeted at his faith and love for God. Therefore you must learn not to make any earthly thing a priority over your faith and love for God! Your battle should not be for things that Satan is struggling to get from you, rather you must see and work against his ultimate desire to steal, to kill and to destroy your eternity. When he attacks your finance, it is not because he needs dollars, he is out to get you to deny Christ's love; when he strikes with barrenness, sickness, failure etc, it’s all about getting the believer to doubt God's love and fall out of grace.

Therefore, you must guard your love for God such that no matter what betides, your love for God is intact, My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother Prov. 6:20. That is Solomon's submission for defending the father's love. Jesus urges, 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 Jn. 15:10. Jesus kept the commandments and remained in God’s love. You too must keep Jesus' commandments to remain in His love; not this only you must also bear fruit, and the fruit must be sustained. Then ….that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you Jn. 15:16.

Prayer/Action

* Declare that “in all these things, you will be more than a conqueror” (Rom. 8:37)

* Pray that nothing will be able to separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus!

* Pray that God will uphold you with His right hand of power and keep you from falling.

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