God lives and works today.
We will see this more practically in today's
meditation, that loving Jesus is a privilege and
the greatest joy there is.
But what does it really mean to be
allowed to love him?
Today's meditation, called Message of Joy by Basilia
Schlenk, gives us a biblical answer to this
question.
Jesus, radiating beauty, light and sacred
majesty.
Jesus, throned and high exalted, over every
sovereignty.
Beauty marks now all thy bearing, decked with
God's nobility.
Love now shines from all thy features, which
the angels joy to see.
Jesus says in John chapter 14, He who
has my commandments and keeps them, he it
is who loves me.
And he who loves me will be loved
by my Father, and I will love him
and manifest myself to him.
And if a man loves me, he will
keep my word, and my Father will love
him, and we will come to him and
make our home with him.
What a request, what a challenge, what a
message of joy which Jesus always begins with
these words, If you love me.
The first question he asked Peter after the
resurrection was, Do you love me?
Again and again we find Jesus talking about
this love.
What does it mean to be allowed to
love God above all things?
Jesus answers this by saying, If anyone loves
me, God himself will come and live within
him.
He who made heaven and earth will dwell
in us.
He'll pray in us and speak through us.
All power and authority is given to him.
He is the victor who solves our problems
and carries out all his plans.
Jesus, you are our glorious Lord, my blessed
Father, feel the thought, Jesus, our joy eternal.
Now we can say, the greatest and strongest
power there is, whether for our inner conflicts
and battles or for the needs of our
nation, is the power of love.
This love entails the most personal relationship of
our hearts to Jesus.
It means that he is our closest, most
intimate friend.
We will be asked only one question in
eternity, Have we loved Jesus?
Jesus is love everlasting, He came to us
below, That God to all his children, A
selfless love might show.
Eternal love is still waiting, And bleeds with
every heart.
Oh won't you hear and answer, I cannot
bear to part.
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God bless you.