What if God asks you “Do you love me?”, what would you answer? Would you be truthful?
Well God does ask that question of each of us – he did so in the bible when he questioned Simon in John 21:15 (The Message):
After breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Master, you know I love you.”
When I was commissioned as a senior soldier at Rutherglen Salvation Army, our junior choir sang the following song, which is based around these verses from scripture:
Lord, thou art questioning: Lovest thou me? Yea, Lord, thou knowest , my answer must be; But since love’s value is proved by loves’ test, Jesus, I’ll give thee the dearest and best. All in my heart, Lord, thou canst read; Master, thou knowest I love thee indeed. Ask what thou wilt my devotion to test, I will surrender the dearest and best. How could thou smile on me if, in my heart, I were unwilling from treasures to part? Since my redemption cost thee such a price, Utmost surrender alone will suffice. Down at they feet all my fears I let go, Back on thy strength all my weakness I throw; Lord, in my life thou shalt have thine own way, Speak but the word, and thy child will obey.
This song still means a lot to mean, as whenever I need reminded that I must love God more than any other, I think about the words of this song. It’s hard at times to live up to God’s expectations of us, as we are after all only human. However I know that if I love God more than anyone, or anything else, that’s a good first step to being the person God wants me to be!
The Distinct Dot 