Day 10: Abiding in God’s Love
Day 10 Abiding in God’s Love
“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”
—John 15:9–10 (NKJV)
Love isn’t just God’s command—it’s His nature flowing through us, transforming everything it touches. —Dr. Daniel LeBlanc
To abide in the Father’s Love Zone is to live within the very flow of God's own nature. His love is not merely something He tells us to do; it is who He is. And when we abide in Him, that love becomes who we are, too. Jesus makes a staggering declaration in John 15: “As the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you.” He invites us to remain in this love—not just to believe in it, not merely to speak of it, but to dwell within it. The same love that exists between the Father and the Son has been extended to us, and we are called to live our lives immersed in that unbroken current.
Abiding isn’t about effort or performance; it’s about position and presence. It is the decision to stay connected to the Source. We don’t earn God’s love by doing everything right—we experience it more deeply when our hearts are fully yielded to Him. Jesus clarifies this when He says that keeping His commandments is not the cause of His love but the confirmation of our abiding. Obedience doesn’t create intimacy—it preserves it. Much like remaining under the shelter of an umbrella during a storm, abiding in God's Word and will keeps us within the protection, power, and presence of His love.
As we abide, love becomes more than a concept—it becomes a current that reshapes us from the inside out. The more we remain in His love, the more His love begins to flow through us into our words, our choices, and our relationships. His peace calms our anxious thoughts. His patience extends through us when we’re tempted to snap. His kindness shows up in moments when our flesh would rather turn away. The transformation doesn’t happen by striving harder but by remaining longer—longer in His Word, longer in His presence, longer in the stillness of His grace.
Love that abides always becomes love that overflows. We cannot be rooted in God’s love and remain indifferent to others. When His nature takes residence in us, we begin to see people through His eyes, respond to needs with His compassion, and serve with His joy. We become living extensions of the divine—a river of heaven's love flowing from the throne through our lives into a thirsty world. Every time we choose to stay—stay in the truth, stay in grace, stay in communion—we position ourselves for more of His love to pour through us and transform everything it touches.
Prayer:
Jesus, thank You for loving me with the same love the Father has for You. Help me to remain in that love—not just occasionally, but continually. Let my obedience be the fruit of intimacy, not the pressure of performance. Teach me how to dwell, how to trust, and how to stay connected to the Source of all life. May Your love so saturate me that it spills out of my heart and into every room I enter, every word I speak, and every life I touch. Let the nature of Your love flow through me, not just to comfort me, but to transform everything around me. In Your name, Amen.
