Beloved, there is one thing to be in a relationship and another to remain in that relationship. Very often, people enters into a relationship with each other, only to find that, it is impossible to remain in it, because such relationship may lack loyalty and fidelity.
In the gospel of today, Jesus invites us to remain in His love. To remain in this love is to keep His commandments. Jesus kept the commandment or the will of the Father. This is the love shared by Jesus Himself with His father. Jesus said, “as the Father has loved me, So I have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, You will remain in my love, Just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in His love. I have told you this So that my own joy may be in you and your joy be complete” (John 15:9-11).
So too, when we obey the commandments of the Lord, more concretely the commandment to love one another, we remain in His love and enter into the loving relationship of the Father and the Son. Believers are those who produce much fruit by obedience.
In return, they remain in the love of the Father. In short, believers in Christ will experience the Father’s blessing and enjoy the gift of joy because of their faithful obedience. Let us patiently follow in the footsteps of Christ, by sharing this love to everyone and to keep the commandments of God, so that eternal life will be ours. Peace be with you.
