Loving God, loving the commandments

"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." 1John 5:3

"And I will delight myself in thy commandment, which I have loved." Psalm 119: 47

"With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments." Psalm 119:10

"Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold." Psalm 119:27

"My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.  Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye." Proverbs 7; 1-2


"If ye keep my commandments; ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." John 15:10

"If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15

"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest my self to him." John 14:21

"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandmets. For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee." Proverbs 3:1-2

Loving God and loving his commandments go hand in hand. We can not truly love God with out also loving  his commandments.
And when we love God and his commandments, we will joyously obey his commandments.

Too often we see people trying to do away with the commandments, so that we do not have to obey them. But that is contrary to Scripture.
 We are not to do away with them. We are to love them, and obey them. ( you can not truely love them with out obeying them)
They should be a delight and a joy to us! Never a burden.

And that makes me think of the commandment of the Sabbath. To me it is nothing but a complete joy. I so look forward to the Sabbath each week, and the wonderful and blissful rest it gives me. I would never think of it as a burden.  I love to honer and rest on the Sabbath.

All of God's commandmnets should be that way to us.

May  we all find  great love and joy in keeping God's commandments.

In Him,
Mae