We love Him because He first loved us. 1John 4:19
Our knowledge of God's love determines the amount of love we have for Him. Love for God can be ignited! Understanding the love that God has for you can impact your love for Him.
Some people want their love for God to increase but don't know how to go about it, always thinking of not loving God as much as they wanted. They want to passionately love God for who He is, especially in their prayer, praise or worshipping time with Him.
You may want to feel the impact of your love for God or you want your love for God to be better than it is with you presently. We all want our love for God to grow and get better but those who want it more get it.
In this case, I believe that a better understanding of God's love towards you may explode your love for Him. Thereby, loving Him more in your prayers, in your worship, in your praise and in your everyday life.
One of the things God's love has accomplished in your life is giving you a place in heaven. I mean where He lives, you already have a place there. Are you one of those born-again Christians who still think they are trying to make heaven?
"But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 2:4-6
Has it ever done on you as a born-again child of God that you have a place in heaven? You are not trying to make heaven but already belong to heaven. Your home is heaven. Is this strange to you? It may not be what you have been taught in your church!
Every born-again child of God has free entrance to heaven in Christ Jesus without any impediments or blockage on the way. For this reason, you have been given a role on earth as an ambassador of Jesus Christ. "Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God." 2Corinthians 5:20
If you are not a citizen of heaven how come you are an ambassador of Jesus Christ? This is what God's love has done for you; not just redeemed you but also made you His ambassador on earth.
When you were a sinner, condemned to death, God's love gave you a new life; His life in you. God could have just allowed you to face your fate; That's spend your number of years on earth, die in your sin and be forgotten. No, He values you so much that He went on a mission to change that narrative. He gave His best; Our Lord Jesus Christ, just to redeem you from sin and death.
His love could not let you go that way; be in hell and be forgotten but He redeemed you and made you a child of His kingdom by giving you eternal life. "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light;" 1Peter 2:9
God has redeemed you from darkness to His marvellous light. You are no more in darkness but now part of God's kingdom which is the light. Even if you were the only one on earth, God would have still sent Jesus to die for you and redeem you from sin and death. His love for you knows no bounds and is very reliable.
God's Love makes sure It's not going to be over with you after this life. He made you a joint heir with Christ so you can reign with Christ when He comes to take over the world. "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." Romans 8:16-17
There is a better life for you after this place; there will be no more weeping, no more death and no more suffering. He loves you so much that He wants you to experience a life of joy and happiness with Him forever!
God has proven His love to us in so many ways and all we can do in return is love Him back. We have a lot of reasons to love God, but knowing how much God values us should be one of the best reasons to love Him. He deserves every love we can give Him and even more. May the name of the Lord be praised forever. Lord Jesus, l love you.