Keep loving God

“Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” Jude 1:21
This is a verse that many people misunderstand. They think it implies that we can do things that will make God stop loving us – that God’s love only extends so far, and we have a resonsibility to ensure that we stay within the boundaries of it. An analogy might be that God’s love is like a spotlight, and we have to stay in the spot and not stray outside it. But if that’s the case, then it flies in the face of many other Scriptures: “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:8-39).
God never stops loving us. But we can fall into a situation where we stop loving God. The Bible tells us that this would be an attribute of the world in the last days (Matt. 24:12, 2 Tim. 3:1-3, Rev. 2:4). How do we stop loving God? As the saying goes, it doesn’t happen overnight. But it starts when we neglect to spend time with Him – time spent in prayer, in reading His Word, in fellowshipping with His people. As time goes on, we lose touch with Him. But it doesn’t have to happen. The Bible tells us to watch and wait for the Lord’s return. We are getting close. Now is the time to make sure we are in a place where our love for God is strong.