How to Know Your Love for God

Love and sacrifice go together like Paris and the Eiffel Tower.  When you find love for someone you will also find sacrifice for that person.  You will never find love without the willingness to sacrifice.  "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son...." John 3:16a
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us..." 1 John 3:16a
"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." John 15:13

Do you want to know how much you love God?  Make a list of what you sacrifice for God.  When you make the list do not confuse who you are truly sacrificing for.  People do good things that seem to be for God but they actually are sacrificing so that they get the credit.  They teach the Bible so others look up to them.  They give money and goods so that they appear to be gracious to others. You could even sacrifice your life but with the intent of becoming a martyr that others look up to. 

When you sacrifice to God it is a humble sacrifice with no intent on gaining glory or benefit for yourself.  Do you sacrifice time to be with the Lord every day?  Do you tithe to the lord?  Do you go beyond 10% to offer help to God's work or to meet the needs of others?  Do you put God's commands before your own desires?

Humble sacrifice is the fruit of love for God and others.

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your true and proper worship." Romans 12:1