Question:
Luke 10:27. What are some ways in which we can love the Lord?

Answer:
Luke 10:27: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.”

 

We need to realize the love of the Lord for us. “We love Him, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). The more we get to know Him the more we’ll love Him. If we love Him, we will obey Him (John 14:15, 21).

The Lord said: “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you” (John 15:12). This has been called the eleventh commandment. We are to follow Christ’s example (Ephesians 5:2). We can show our love by doing what Christ would do unto people.
And this will bring us joy, and He calls it “My joy,” the same joy the Lord had (John 15:11). John 3:16 shows that loving is giving. If you love somebody, you’ll give to them. We should give our heart to the Lord first, which He desires and so richly deserves. He appeals to us: “My son, give Me thine heart” (Proverbs 23:26). The assemblies in Macedonia “first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God” (2 Corinthians 8:1-5). Since Jesus has given Himself for us, we should give our lives a “living sacrifice” for Him (Romans 12:1,2). Since Jesus has done so much for me I should want to give my life to Him and for Him.
We have the Divine power in us to do this; all we have to do is yield to that power. From the moment we believed on Christ we were indwelt, sealed by the Spirit of God (Ephesians 1:13). But if we open our whole being to Him, He will “fill” and control us (Ephesians 5:18). Don’t be conformed to the world; count all things “loss” for Christ, “that I may know Him, and the power” (Philippians 3:10). He has given to us the Spirit (1 John 4:13), and the Spirit of God gives us (believers), the true meaning of the Scriptures.
It is not up to us in our own strength to meet the enemy when he tempts us. Just turn our lives over to the Lord. If our joy is to do the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, then everything will be well. We’ll be joyful in sorrowing (sad) times.