The love of God is manifest through Christ’s sacrificial death (John 3:16). It is also something that we keep ourselves in by training our mind and heart to “think on these things”. “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life” Jude 20-21(NASB). The disciple knows that the disciplines are meant to return us to the fixed reference point of love.
“May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.” II Thessalonians 3:5 (NASB)
