Life is all about love.
Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you
to learn on earth is how to love. It is in loving that we are most
like him, so love is the foundation of every command he has given
us: “The whole Law can be summed up in this one command: ‘Love
others as you love yourself.’”
Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter
to our self-centered nature. That’s why we’re given a lifetime to
learn it. Of course, God wants us to love everyone, but he is
particularly concerned that we learn to love others in his family.
As we’ve already seen, this is the second purpose for your life
.Peter tells us, “Show special love for God’s people.