I just want to say that my obedience does not come as the result of attempting to obtain the salvation that the Lord offers;
But rather it comes as the result of the salvation that the Lord has given to me.
I love Him because He first loved me (
1 John 4:19);
And I obey His commandments because I love Him (
John 14:15).
For me, I fell in love with the Lord when He revealed Himself to me as a God of love; and this occurred after I said to Him, "I don't know if You're even real; but I'm going to start reading Your word and doing what it says; and I know that if You are real that You will reveal Yourself to me."
God revealed Himself to me in that moment.
He came over my soul in what I would call waves of liquid love; He gave me an ecstatic joy and peace that I knew was pure and holy.
So, you see, I am in fact a recipient of grace;