Looking for Love in all the wrong places

Matthew 5:46 says if you love those who love, "what reward do you have?" Because even the sinners do that. Perhaps we are not loving where He wants us to love.

I John 2:15 says don't love the world or worldly things. It expounds by saying if we do that, the love of God is not in us. If the love of God was in us, who would we love? How would we love? Then, we might not only love our brother and neighbor, but also those who do not love us. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus even gives a blessing to those who withstood persecution and were reviled by others. Jesus certainly did that and He was most assuredly blessed. Look today to Him and where He wants you to love. It may not be where you want to love, it may involve more of you than you want to give. It may not be here and now. It may mean there and later. But, if the reward is from Him, look to Him who is the rewarder of all, and you will be blessed.