Deuteronomy 6:5 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

Love.  The reason why we try to be holy is not religious nor prideful, but out of love.  When faced with a situation we seek to remember God’s Word so that we respond in a manner that pleases God, because our core motive should be our love for God.

Many times, we move into a mode of self-preservation, seeking to satisfy, avenge, or appease our flesh. When we operate that way, we allow fear in, because we have undermined His ability to provide our needs and desires (Eph 3:20), get vengeance (Heb 10:30), and operate in His strength (Phil 4:13).  So, we study His Word, so that we can recall how to (and choose to) operate in love and obedience to Him.

Be more in love with God than any other being or thing!

John 14:21 He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.