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Motivation — Part 2
“O love the Lord, all ye His saints” (Psalm 31:23).
As we are obedient to His Word, we will be led by the Spirit, who produces the “fruit of the Spirit,” in our lives, and the first thing on the list is “love” (Galatians 5:22).
This love is a love that is first of all for God, and then for His people, for the lost, and even for our enemies. The Lord Jesus says, “By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). We further read, “If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12).
The Apostle John also asks, “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” (1 John 3:17). He then goes on to challenge us, by saying, “My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him” (1 John 3:18-19).
May the love of Christ motivate us in such a way that He is honored and glorified through us today. “We love Him, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19).
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