Love God Deeply: The Foremost Endeavor

A lot of times it is possible to get stuck in the qualifications of the seeker. What must happen for us to become a worthy seeker? We must have control over our senses, our thoughts must be pure, our actions must be top-notch—all of these things become qualifications that we might strive really hard to achieve. That is fine, but sometimes it can feel like it is too far out, far-fetched. Instead—or not instead, but what is most important, or more important than any of that—is: Can we love God? How deeply are we in love with Him? Or can we be in love with Him? If we find that deep love, if we endeavor to actively love Him, to actively remember Him, and make this life about Him, then all the rest comes into place on its own. So our number one endeavor should be to love Him deeply in our heart. Then our inside becomes clearer, our servitude becomes pristine, and our love keeps deepening.

This is the love that, if you love Him a million times more than what we do today, that would still be scratching the surface of the depth of His love. And the beauty of this—and I've said this often—is that with this love, we cannot really determine the direction. Because as you love God, then you may feel that God is loving you. You may not be able to say that this love that I'm experiencing is me loving God; you may as well say that He is loving me. That love then becomes such a beautiful anchor for our life, you see? Because to experience a deep love like that, to be in a deep love like that, is the absence of fear. If I have God in my heart, what will the world take from me?