Author: Martin Steinbereithner, from the Servants of the Word, an international, ecumenical brotherhood of men living single for the Lord.
“Whoever keeps God’s word, in him truly love for God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him: he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.” (1 John 2:5-6)
Have you ever described a person as “being into something”, be it into music, into sports, or into his girlfriend? It means they are completely consumed by that something, it takes up all their attention. Jesus invites his disciples to “be into him” or, as the Bible says, to abide in him: it describes an intimate connection that is so deep that you somehow can’t tell where one person ends and the other begins; they are one. But abiding in him requires genuine identification, doing things the way he would. Do you remember those WWJD bracelets?
In other words, the true test of whether we are into something is not how much we talk about it, but whether we truly cherish or love it. If we love Jesus, then we want to please him, do what he commands, respect his wishes. Can others around you tell you are into him by the way you act?
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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