Tag: keeping ourselves in God's love

…keep yourselves in the love of God. (Jude 21)

I was just reflecting on those words this morning. What does it mean to keep ourselves in God’s love?

God’s love for us, after all, never changes.

But while God’s love for us is unchanging, like the prodigal son, we can walk away from his love.

How?

By living our own way, turning the grace of God into a license to sin, and by following our sinful desires instead of following him.  

By speaking harshly against God, questioning his love, his justice, and his goodness, and questioning whether it is really worth it to follow him or not.

Let us not live that way.

Instead remember who you are.

You are his called children and priests (I Peter 2:9). You are his beloved people, kept by and for his Son. (1)

So let us build ourselves up in our faith, acknowledging him as our good Lord and Master, and learning to trust and obey him each day.

And let us stay in constant fellowship and communication with his Spirit, letting him guide our thoughts and actions throughout the day.

As we do, we’ll find ourselves more and more deeply rooted in his love.

And the love of the Father, the grace and mercy of Jesus, and the fellowship of the Spirit will be with us. (2 Corinthians 13:13, Jude 20-21)