John 15:9
9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
We like that word Abide. It means to live in or to continue without fading or being lost. Jesus is commanding us, with all the authority of God’s voice from the thunder storm, or the 10 Commandments written by the finger of God in stone, to live in His love.
And His love doesn’t leave. It is like a house. The only way to get out of a house is to leave it. The house doesn’t wander off while you’re sleeping, leaving you to wake up under the sky. We wander off into other loves, to seek out other houses. But as God has loved Jesus from all eternity, so Jesus has opened up His love to us. Stay in that love. Live in that House.
Prayer prompt: Lord, help me to learn what it is to abide in your love by seeking you out hour by hour.
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