June 11 "We love him because he first loved us" (1 John 4: 19). There is no light in the planet but that which proceeds from the sun, and there is no true love for Jesus in the heart but that which comes from the Lord Jesus Himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, all our love for God springs. This is a certain trugh, that we love Him for no other reason than because He first loved us. Our love for Him is the fair offspring of His love for us. Anyone may have cold admiration when studying the works of God. The warmth of love can only be kindled in the heart by God's Spirit. How marvelous that when we had rebelled against Him, He would by a display of such amazing love, seek to draw us back. We would never have had a grain of love toward God unless it had been sown in us by the sweet seed of His love for us. Love, then, has for its parent the love of God shed abroad in the heart; but after it is divinely born, it must be divinely nourished. Love is not a plant which will flourish naturally in human soil. It must be watered from above. Love for Jesus is a flower of delicate nature. If it received no nourishment but that which could be drawn from the rock of our hearts, it would soon wither. As love comes from heaven, so it must feed on heavenly bread. It cannot exist in the wilderness unless it is fed by manna from on high. Love must feed on love. The very soul and life of our love for God is His love for us.

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