DO YOU LOVE ME

For this God is our God for ever and ever

Psalm 48:14

One of the ways we are made in God’s image is in our ability to communicate and to express the feelings of our heart as thoughts. That ability to communicate is further complicated by the nuances of meaning which different words have. For example, the word LOVE.

After His resurrection Jesus said to Peter, “Do you truly love me more than these (meaning the rest of disciples)? (John 21:15). Jesus used a word that conveyed the idea of love as being a deep commitment. Peter answered, “I love you” but he used different word; he was saying “I love you” but more as a brother, not such a deep commitment as the first word.

Again, Jesus asked the question receiving same answer, and the third time; but this time he used the same word as Peter used asking, “Do you really even care about me as you have indicated?”

“How much do you really love me?” frankly, I see but three responses to that question. One is rejection – “I don’t really love you!” which would be a frank but honest response. Another is the response of indifference – “Lord, I suppose that I could say I love you, but only as long as it doesn’t interfere too much with my lifestyle.”

The third possibility is the response of commitment where by you declare, “I do love you with a commitment to care, to stand by your side, and to be counted when the going gets tough!” that is the only response that counts.

To be in His presence is to know Him, and to know Him is to love Him. You can’t have one without the other. How would you answer that question, “Do you really love me?”

God Bless YOU..

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