Today is my first in a series I’ll be giving on the fruit of the Spirit.
Today, we’ll be talking on love…. (ahhh) .
However, this type of love is not necessarily the mushy
gushy floaty feeling. J
That’s the easy part.
I’m talking about the love that Paul mentioned in the book
of 1st Corinthians 13- the patient, kind, non-envious, non-boastful,
humble, wrong- forgetting, believing, hopeful, enduring type of love. *whew*
And, the slightly annoying news is that this type of love
also applies to the people we hate. (How can you love those you hate? It’s a contradictory
statement)
I’m talking about the people you consider your enemies. This
love applies for them too. Jesus said in Matt 5: 43-48, that we should love our
enemies, bless those who curse us, and pray for those who despitefully use us (and
not a die-by-fire prayer, oh)
Now this looks hard to do (you think?!!), but
Christ says we can do all things through Him that strengthens us. When He tells
us something, most times, Christians take it as a suggestion, and not as the
order it was meant to be. ( Wait, Christ is giving me orders?)
He is our Lord, and must be treated as so. So as a true child of God, we’ve
really got no choice. But God wants us to enjoy living in him, and trust him,
even in things we may not understand.
So God wants us to obey him and trust, and love as he has
commanded. In doing so, everyday, we will change and become more like him,
until we look exactly like him.
May God keep you in him, and keep transforming you to the
Image of his Son, in Jesus name.
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