Read:
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
We read in
this chapter that, really, nothing
compares
to real, genuine, Godly love. Agape
love.
Love that is unconditional. It doesn’t
matter how much of the ‘gifts’ we are
operating in – if we have not God’s love
inside -
it means nothing. Everything we do
needs to
come from a heart of real, genuine
love.
The outworking of this love in our
everyday
lives and relationships is in verses
4-8.
Love is patient – never envious. Love is
not
inflated with pride, nor rude. Love is
not
resentful. Love rejoices over truth
prevailing.
Love bears up under anything and
everything
that comes. Love believes the best
of every
person. Endures everything without
weakening.
Love never fails or becomes
obsolete. This is
a true description of God’s
love, and often
seen as a perfect description
of how a loving
Christian Marriage should be.
How much more so
is it to desire and be
clothed in Godly love,
than it is to desire
and acquire ‘gifts’? There
will come a time
when gifts will cease (V:8),
and the
incomplete and imperfect will vanish,
when
the complete and perfect come (V:10).
What
will remain or abide is Faith, Hope and
Love;
and the greatest of these is
Love(V:13).
May we really grasp God’s
Love and desire to
be filled with His love.
The heart of God and
the gospel of Christ –
is Love. We need to
operate out of Godly love
to be effective in
reaching out to this lost
world. Sometimes
that can be hard when we
have been so damaged
ourselves. But over
time, God can heal and fill
us with His love.
Allow Him to heal, change,
renew and
transform you. Break free from your
cocoon
and be clothed with Godly
Love.
By M.S.Lowndes
Beloved, if God loved us so
[very much], we also
ought to love one
another. No man has at any time
[yet] seen
God. But if we love one another, God
abides
(lives and remains) in us and His love
(that
love which is essentially His) is brought
to
completion (to its full maturity, runs
its
full course, is perfected) in
us!
1 John 4:11-12
Let the beauty of God’s
love
Fill the void inside
So we’ll reflect
the love of God
To touch another
life.
By M.S.Lowndes
