As I briefly pointed out yesterday, God loves you. That's a wonderful thing. But, what am I supposed to do with that knowledge?
It would be one thing to just bask in God's love, and let that be all there is. However, Jesus gave us a clue about what we should do.
The Pharisees, trying to trip Jesus up on a religious legal technicality, asked him what was the most important commandment. With his response, Jesus tells us what we should do with God's love in Matthew 22:37-40: Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
In short, we are supposed to return God's love with all our being, much the same way that God loves for us. Plus, we're supposed to love those around us.
So, in our effort to become more Christ-like, this is a direct example on how we can behave just like Christ.
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