Have you noticed that “love” is not just a noun for God? It’s a very personal verb. “For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only son” (John 3:16). “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son” (I John 4:10).

When God says, “For I, the Lord, love justice” (Isaiah 61:8), it comes after an amazing list of what justice—in action—means to God: good news for the poor; release for the oppressed; praise instead of despair; renewal for ruined cities; and other amazing proclamations.

At the Justice Revival happening this week in Dallas, churches and Christians across the city have caught the vision of living out God’s love—love as a verb. And as the conference wraps up, hundreds will head out to serve across the city, proclaiming “I love justice” with more than words, but “with actions and in truth” (I John 3:18).

What Justice Revival is doing is so important because loving justice is not an abstract concept for God—it means changes in individual lives, as well as the world.

For most of my life, loving God and loving justice meant believing the right things, living the right life. Coming to World Vision taught me the richness of loving as a personal verb. I’ve watched wells being drilled—the thirsty given water. I’ve seen the lame walk and the blind given back their sight. I’ve met disaster survivors praising where they were once despairing. I’ve seen widows comforted, orphans cared for, and children freed from slavery and abuse.

Loving justice is not a calling reserved for a subcategory of Christians. It is God’s heart, and so it must be ours.

Please pray for Justice Revival’s Day of Action in Dallas this weekend. In your city, how have you seen God’s love for justice in action? How can you be a part of it?