Deuteronomy 11:22 ......Show love to the Lord your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him.
We know God loves us in spite of who we are, not because of who we are and if we've truly believed that wonderful fact, then we will have wondered how to show God we love Him in return. Thankfully our verse tells us how. When we take the time to find out what God's ways are in scripture and do what He says, then we're showing Him we love Him.
Jesus taught us to love others as ourselves, so when we do as He says then we're showing Him we love Him. As we read the gospels and the epistles we find a lot of instruction - be thankful, be kind, encourage one another, etc. When we follow God's way we show Him our love.
When we hold tightly to Him and cling to Him, then we're showing Him our love.
When things get tough and we feel like wandering off and having a moan sometimes, but because we love God and know He loves us, just hanging in there tightly, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus knowing He will pull us through into victory, we're showing Him we love Him.
So on the days when we don't know how to show God we love Him let's just do what this verse says and keep walking in His ways and keep holding tightly to Him. He knows our hearts and He sees our struggles and it makes His heart glad when we rise above them and trust Him regardless because He has such a deep, deep love for us.
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