Love that Transforms
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” - Deuteronomy 6:5 (NIV)
It’s Sunday. The roses, the captions, the dinners, the “how did it go?” conversations are still fresh behind us... And whether it was beautiful, awkward, lonely, expensive, simple, or somewhere in between - here we are, where love becomes most honest without the TV adverts, memes and pressure that comes with the love that trends for a day. So let’s go back to the every other day love.
Because before love becomes romance.
Before love becomes friendship.
Before love becomes family bonds.
Before love becomes “my love language.”
Above all else - love is first directed upward, flows downward and spreads horizontally. And this is not a spiritual slogan. This is a life architecture.
The command to love God is not merely about emotion. It is a be, do, have blueprint:
Be rooted, steadfast, established…because God is interested in your identity more than your petitions.
Do things aligned with The Will of God. And Have the fruit as promised
When we love the Lord our God, our identity stabilises (be), our decisions gain coherence (do), and our lives begin to produce outcomes that look like freedom, abundance, and prosperity - prosperity in the full biblical sense: wholeness, peace, provision, health, wisdom, strong relationships, purpose, and generational impact (have).
The stewardship lens.
Love God: the first stewardship
To love God is to intentionally put the Source back in His rightful place. When God is first, everything else finds its measure.
- Money becomes a tool, not a god.
- Health becomes stewardship, not vanity.
- Relationships become covenantal, not consumptive.
- Work becomes worship, not identity.
- Knowledge becomes wisdom, not pride.
- Community becomes responsibility, not convenience.
That is what “all your heart, soul, and strength” means for you, the steward: no compartmentalised faith.
And Scripture doesn’t leave this abstract. It shows us what happens when love is aligned.
Here’s a perfect example, Solomon: his wisdom was overflow, not performance.
King Solomon is one of the clearest examples of this pattern - Be. Do. Have.
When Solomon was given the chance to ask for anything, he asked for wisdom (Be Wise). Not because he didn’t value wealth. Not because he hated comfort. But because he understood order.
He asked for what would help him govern well (Do) - discernment, understanding, wisdom. And the result was not lack. It was overflow. (Doing God’s will)
God added (Have) what Solomon did not chase, because Solomon chased what mattered most.
That’s a pattern repeated across Scripture: when love is rightly ordered, provision becomes a consequence, not the obsession.
And yes, yes… Solomon’s story also warns us: wisdom without continued devotion can drift. Gifts don’t replace intimacy. Overflow doesn’t mean immunity. You can start in worship and end in distraction if you stop stewarding your heart.
Which is why the command remains timeless: love the Lord your God.
Be. Do. Have - in real life
Let’s make it painfully practical.
BE (Identity / inner life):
Loving God forms a person who is anchored, not frantic. A person who can say, “I am held,” even when life is loud. This is where self-awareness comes from - alignment.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” - Proverbs 4:23
A guarded heart is not a closed heart. It is a stewarded heart.
DO (Daily obedience / stewardship):
Love for God becomes visible in choices. In what you feed your mind. In how you treat your body. In how you speak. In how you plan. In how you honour people. In how you handle conflict. In how you work when no one is clapping.
“If you love me, keep my commands.” - John 14:15
Not as legalism. As alignment. Love that doesn’t move becomes sentiment.
HAVE (Fruit / abundance):
This is where people get suspicious because they’ve seen prosperity sold like a product. But biblical prosperity is not just money - it’s wholeness.
Health that is stewarded.
Wealth that is governed.
Relationships that are mature.
Skills that are developed.
Community that is served.
Purpose that is lived.
Peace that remains.
“The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.” - Proverbs 10:22
Not “without work,” but without the painful toil of striving from fear, greed, or ego. Without building your life on a shaky god.
A personal note
If you’ve been watching quietly - reading but not commenting, taking it in but not engaging - I want you to know something:
I’m not writing this to sound wise. I’m writing it because I’m learning to practice it too.
Some days I get it right. Some days I catch myself drifting back into ownership, into demands, into anxiety. And then God pulls me back with a simple reminder: Love Me first.
So here’s your invitation for today:
Love the Lord your God - practically.
Before you ask for more, thank Him for what is already here.
Before you demand love from people, receive love from God.
Before you chase outcomes, align your heart.
And then do one small act of stewardship:
- drink the water
- take the walk
- send the apology
- write the plan
- do the hard task
- tell someone “I’m grateful for you”
- forgive what you’ve been replaying
- stop consuming what is poisoning your peace
Not to earn favour. But because love is the truest form of order. And order is where abundance lives.
Happy week ahead.
One. Perfect. Love
