The “love” Jesus describes in this passage is agape – unconditional love. Jesus told us to love the Lord with all our hearts, souls and minds. Agape love is “the commitment of devotion that is directed by the will and can be commanded as a duty!” Jesus knew that sometimes we weren’t going to feel like loving God or people, and that sometimes, we would have to choose, with our will, to do so. Unconditional love is impossible without the power of the Holy Spirit. When you have a relationship with God, His Spirit lives in you, enabling you to love in a “supernatural” way. Without Him, in and of ourselves, we cannot love unconditionally. To know Jesus is to know what true agape love is.

Consider some people in your life who are hard for you to love.

Now what will you do to love them better?