“Remain In My Love”
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in
my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have
obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so
that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is
this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my
friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a
servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you
friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear
fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in
my name. This is my command: Love each other.
John 15:9-17
The word dogged means
determined and persistent. These words should describe us. When we are devoted
to God, we want to be with Him even when He is doing something we don’t
understand.
When we remain devoted to God despite our questions, we find
fullness of joy in His presence.
Jesus knew that we would have questions. To prepare us for them,
He urged us to abide in His love. Even when God’s ways are inexplicable, His
love is reliable. So we remain doggedly devoted to Him.
We find joy when we learn to abide in
Jesus’ love.
Our Daily Bread –