“Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.– Deuteronomy 7:9
If you love God, you will love what God loves and hate what God hates. And God loves to save and protect the needy.Imagine what is going on in Nigeria where those who were in charge of security of the nation watched while innocent children, men and women were being killed by terrorists in the guise of religion while they were sharing the money meant to buy arms to protect the citizens.
What kind of love would such one claim to have for God when lives and properties were being destroyed while they appropriated among themselves the fund meant for protection of their father land? The bible says in 1 John 4:20(KJV) “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
Loving God is not how much you say so or how often you go to church or how intense you pray but how you treat people that are your superior, peers, subordinates, or even neighbors.
God wants us to show our love to him through our neighbour and he has promised to keep his covenant and mercy with all those that love even over a thousand generations! Thus he says in Deuteronomy 7:9(KJV) “Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;”
What a way to keep treasure for our future generations!
Prayer: Father, give me the grace to love you with all my body, soul and Spirit in Jesus name.
Bro. Biodun Oyapero