Love Demands You to Break the Natural Law of Cause and Effect

The love of God is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, and it flows through us when we yield our thoughts and will to Him. Loving requires a renewed mind—a Spirit-trained way of thinking.

Many times when I meditate on Scripture, I find myself asking questions. One morning I was thinking about the principle found in Proverbs 23:7: *“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.”* I asked myself, could it truly be that simple? Could my thoughts shape my life and reality? If so, why doesn’t everyone live that way? Does that mean I can become whatever I consistently imagine myself to be? Those questions stirred something in me. I wanted to understand that principle through God’s lens.

One of the greatest discoveries of my life is realizing that thoughts are not neutral—they are actions in seed form. Jesus made this clear in Matthew 5:28: *“But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”*

Jesus revealed how heaven measures action. God looks beyond outward behavior to the intentions of the heart. Every act—good or evil—begins with a thought.

The same is true of love. Love is first received from God and then conceived in our hearts before it’s expressed through action. It is a divine force that reshapes our perception and behavior. You know you love someone when your thoughts toward them are marked by grace and intentional kindness. Love isn’t proven by words—it manifests through consistent deeds. But at its root lies a way of thinking. No one acts apart from what they have first considered. All action originates in thought.

If you want to love, you must think lovingly. Love requires a mind aligned with the Spirit. Your creative thoughts will shape the course of your life, but those thoughts must flow from a heart filled with God’s Word. There must be harmony between what you think, what you say, and what you feel.

Your inner life must be directed. The heart cannot be left on autopilot. If you don’t lead your thoughts, your emotions will lead you. The reason you love or struggle to love someone is often tied to how you think about them. The thoughts of your heart are not passing ideas—they are the building blocks of your nature. Imagine how transformed our lives would be if we truly believed that.

We are what we think and feel. If you desire to walk in love, you must train your heart to think the thoughts of love. Expressing God’s love is not a reaction—it’s a decision. It begins when you choose to release those who have hurt you, even when they don’t deserve it.

When you choose love, you break the natural law of cause and effect. Instead of reacting to offense with offense, you create new outcomes. You become a creator of peace rather than a responder to conflict. Love makes you a channel of divine energy, refusing the pollution of bitterness and resentment. That’s not easy—it takes spiritual discipline.

Love is how we bring harmony to a divided world. There are spiritual forces that oppose love. Love is not weak or passive—it is the nature of God in motion. When you choose love, you rise above reaction and become a vessel of the living God, who works in you *“to will and to do of His good pleasure”* (Philippians 2:13). Through you, He radiates compassion, mercy, and truth to overcome hatred, pride, and anger.

But let me tell you, you cannot love this way by yourself. It is deception to think you can consistently meet God’s standard of love in your own strength. Only through the Holy Spirit can you love as God loves. You must die to self, because love will place a demand on you. Your thoughts must be filled with the Word of God to “agape”—to love like God.