“The first thing God does is
forcibly remove any insincerity, pride, and vanity from my life. And the Holy
Spirit reveals to me that God loved me not because I was lovable, but because
it was His nature to do so. Now He commands me to show the same love to others
by saying, “. . . love one another as I have loved you” (John 15:12). He is saying, “I will bring a number
of people around you whom you cannot respect, but you must exhibit My love to
them, just as I have exhibited it to you.” This kind of love is not a
patronizing love for the unlovable— it is His love, and it will not be
evidenced in us overnight. Some of us may have tried to force it, but we were
soon tired and frustrated.” CHAMBERS
Do you have people in your life that challenge
your witness as a Christian. Consider
that perhaps God is using them to shape you and teach you. Reading about how to drive a car and driving
a car are two very different things. So
is showing the love of God. We tend to
be selective about who we show that love to … deciding who deserves it and who
doesn’t. You don’t have to like a person
to love them … How you treat them should not be a reflection of your attitude toward their personality, way
of doing things, or even how they treat you … but a reflection of the love of
God that has captured your heart and soul.
‘The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell … Could
we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made, were every
stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade, to write the love of
God above would drain the ocean dry, not
could the scroll contain the whole thought stretched from sky to sky.’ F.M.
Lehman
Showing that kind of love to the world does not
come naturally .. but supernaturally.
1 Corinthians 13:13 ‘And now these three remain: faith, hope and
love. But the greatest of these is love.’
Bondye Beni Ou
(God Bless You)
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