A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. John 13:34 ESV

Some years ago, I worked trimming trees on a large estate in Katonah, New York. Since the work we did was usually performed in the winter, it was a special blessing to us that tucked under one of the wings of the house was a greenhouse with a small semi-heated area where we could warm ourselves at lunch. Though we rarely saw the owner or even the caretaker we were able to get in because the spare key was kept under the edge of the fountain and it opened a door marked, “Service entrance.”

Jesus gave us His command to love one another in the same way that He had loved us. Then, “How did Jesus love us?” we might ask. Was it not when He gave His life on the cross in service for our sins? Now He has left us the key to the service entrance to His house and has hidden it under the fountain of the Holy Spirit. That is a special key because it opens the door for us to learn how to obey His command to love God’s children from every corner of the earth!