Who Do You Love?

"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. ¹⁵ He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honour him. ¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation."

Psalm 91:14-16

God makes amazing promises to those who set their love upon Him.  This is to be an exclusive and special love, even as a husband loves his wife or a parent loves their child.  My love of God is a response to His unfailing love which He graciously has extended to me.  Those who set their love upon God, having trusted Him for salvation, find all other genuine loves flow from this supreme one.

These promises God offers are conditional upon our obedience to Him.  1 John 5:1-3 says, "Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. ² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. ³ For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome."  It is not a burdensome thing for us to love One who has demonstrated His love towards us.  Many times people love and desire others who refuse every advance, but God has extended love to all people.  He did not wait for us to "make the first move" but has created us, spoken to us, revealed Himself to us, and offered Himself for us on Calvary.

There are many who profess to love God, and God knows who loves Him in truth.  All who love Him will be the joyful recipients of God's deliverance, enjoy God's presence, be satisfied, and receive eternal salvation.  All these benefits of knowing and loving God are not the primary motivation for loving God.  We are not to set our love upon deliverance from trouble or salvation but upon God.  If we only love the benefits God provides we are only loving ourselves.  When we love someone, we want to be with them.  Jesus Christ was called "Immanuel" which means, "God with us."  He must certainly love us to choose to be with us, much less die for us!  God is worthy to be loved; He is worthy to be praised and exalted.