The Quest for Love: Part II

How do we love God?

Go to church? Pray? Spend time in devotions? Tithe? Help others? Spread the Gospel?

These are all things that make us love God, right?

Wrong.

After my shocking revelations concerning my lack of love for the Father, I have spent a great deal of time trying to figure out how to love God more. Like the main character of Ecclesiastes, I tried out a bunch of methods. Here's some of my ideas...

Force myself to forget about my idols and focus on Him...

Find some inspiring verses and quotes....

Spend loads of time in Bible study....

These are all great things, but not one of them caused me to love God more. The fact of the matter is that no matter how hard I try, I can't just love God more. There is no equation for easy fix for God's love.

We need God to help us love God. In other words, the only plausible way for me to truly love the Father is for Him to inspire that love in me. God promises that all we
have to do is ask, and He will answer.

Put in another way, my sinful nature prevents me from loving God in the way He intended. My sinful nature encourages my love for my idols. I can't fight that nature, but God can help me with it.

By laying my burden at His feet, and asking Him to help me love Him, I'll get there.

The process won't be easy. God will bend and break me to get me to where He needs me. He'll take away that which I value most. He'll force me to trust Him. But He'll love me. God has shown me what I need to do. He's shown me that I can't really do anything but ask for His help. He's shown me the process.

Thankfully, God hasn't given up on me. He loves me enough to let me take this journey instead of just giving me the solution. He's answered my prayer by showing me the way.

The quest continues...