Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Ephesians 6:23, 24

The emotion that binds me, or any of us believers, to Jesus is love. Of course, we want to obey Jesus.  We want to imitate Him in every way.  We want to magnify Him in our lives.  We could go on in that vein, a good one.  But the Apostle Paul takes to a different level, the level of love!

As we walk with Jesus and he with us, we meet opportunity but also difficulties.  The Spirit of God helps us to understand that the central emotion that binds us to Jesus is love, his love for us and our love for him.  That mutual love takes us through anything – soaring thanksgiving or truly difficult trials. Both.  The love-bond is essential.  We cling to one another as true lovers and walk together as one!

Life has, as we say, its ups and downs.  Who can deny that?  However, nothing should shake our love for Jesus. That is the most enduring emotion of all.  Through that emotion all the other blessings flow.  Our love for God and his love for us is truly “undying love.”  I bow in amazement and thanksgiving!  I value this love-bond above all others.