John 14:21 says, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

Has and keeps God’s word passes the test of love. In the Greek here, has means to hold and possess. Keeps means to guard. Let’s go back to the children of Israel. God had given them land to live on. 

Joshua 18:3 were Joshua’s words to them, but we can make personal applications. It says, “…How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?”

Our heart is a reservoir for our spiritual possessions. Psalm 119:11 instructs us to hide His word in our hearts. Why? So we don’t sin against Him. Hidden sin blocks intimate communion with the Lord. 

Psalm 66:18 says, “If I regard iniquity in your heart, the Lord will not hear.”