‘Peter now realizes that he does love Him, due to
the revelation that came with the Lord’s piercing question. The Lord’s next
point is— “Pour yourself out. Don’t testify about how much you love Me and
don’t talk about the wonderful revelation you have had, just ’Feed My sheep.’ ”
Jesus has some extraordinarily peculiar sheep: some that are unkempt and dirty,
some that are awkward or pushy, and some that have gone astray! But it is impossible
to exhaust God’s love, and it is impossible to exhaust my love if it flows from
the Spirit of God within me. The love of God pays no attention to my prejudices
caused by my natural individuality. If I
love my Lord, I have no business being guided by natural emotions— I have
to feed His sheep. We will not be delivered or released from His commission to
us. Beware of counterfeiting the love of
God by following your own natural human emotions, sympathies, or understandings.’
CHAMBERS
How do we express love toward others? What it boils down to is the attitude of our
hearts. It is all too easy to say we
love Jesus … spiritually .. and then love others carnally … in Matthew
22:37-39 Jesus said we are to love
God, first, love others next, and John
15:13 says we are to love ourselves last. The kind of love we are called to
express is the same love that the Father and the Son showed us. We cannot love others in the way we have been
commanded (remember it is the second greatest commandment not the second
greatest suggestion) to love others … a love the comes from God … and depends
upon the Spirit in us.
We don’t have to like what others do, but we must
love them in spite of that. I was
talking to someone the other day who explained that their sister stopped going
to church because she was mad at someone at the church. Listen … this person shut God out because they
did not like someone .. we cannot love others with our flesh … because the
dependence on our own ability to love will fail us. I am certain that person is confident they
are justified … and I am also confident they are miserable .. spiritually. If you say that you love
God and hate your brother you are a liar …. 1
John 4:20 But if you love God then the love for others will naturally flow from that …
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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