Love with God´s heart, not with your heart.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9
Our culture teaches the opposite.
Follow your heart.
Trust your heart.
Do what feels right.
Your heart will never lead you wrong.
But the Bible says our hearts are unreliable navigators. They are shaped by wounds, fear, rejection, and desires that don’t always reflect the heart of God. We love based on what we feel — and feelings are fragile. They change. They mislead. They can even betray us.
How many times have we said, “I thought this was love…” only to discover it wasn’t love at all?
Human love often wants something in return — affection, validation, security, attention. It can become conditional:
I love you because you love me.
I stay if it feels good.
I give when I get something back.
That isn’t the kind of love God calls us to.
Jesus teaches a love that does not originate from human strength, but from God’s heart. A love that is:
Holy
Pure
Self-sacrificing
Patient
Transforming
Eternal
God’s love does not depend on how others treat us. It flows from who He is.
When God pours His love into us, He enables us to love:
when it’s difficult
when offense tries to take over
when disappointment hits
when the person doesn’t deserve it
when our feelings are exhausted
Some people will never meet our expectations —
but God’s love in us will never fail them.
This doesn’t mean accepting mistreatment or staying in toxic relationships. It means our love is not controlled by human imperfection, but anchored in divine truth.
To love with God’s heart is to love:
with boundaries
with truth in grace
with forgiveness that frees
with purpose that builds others up
The call is not:
“Wear your heart on your sleeve,”but “Let My heart live inside of you.”
So today, instead of asking, “How do I feel about this person?”
Ask: “God, how do You see them?”
Instead of saying, “My heart can’t take this,”
Declare: “Lord, give me Your heart here.”
Human love can be beautiful… but God’s love is unstoppable.
Let His heart lead.
Let His heart love.
Let His heart win.
Reflection Questions
1) Where have I been loving based on my feelings, rather than God’s love?
2) Who in my life needs to be loved from God’s heart instead of my own?
3) What fears or wounds keep me from trusting God’s love to flow through me?
Take a moment to let the Holy Spirit highlight one name… and one step of love.
Prayer
Father, give me Your heart.
Heal the places in me that love from fear, insecurity, or self-protection. Replace my fragile love with Your unshakable love — the kind that sees people as You see them. Teach me to love with truth and grace. Let my affection be led by Your Spirit, not by my emotions. Thank You that Your heart in me can do what my own heart cannot.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.