JOHN 3:16 KJV
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON."
Many have failed to understand the love of God today. The moment we as much even hear the word LOVE , images start forming in our mind as to what kind of love is mentioned.
And the first picture that gets tainted in our mind is two hearts struck by cupid , followed by parental, siblings or nibbling love.
But when we read the word, it says for God so loved the world that He sacrificed His Only Son. Now all those who are reading this today ask yourself one question - were you present at the cross and Lord Jesus looking at you ,you were wailing and weeping so He took pity on you and decided to die for you or before He died if you knew Him and loved Him so He laid down His life for you.
No my beloved nothing of the sort happened. Because love is a decision that God took to show to man that what love really is. We didn't love God first, gave Him gifts, expressed our feelings for Him or did anything to win Him over. In fact, we did nothing for God, neither it's the overflow of emotions and feelings as many think today .
The devil has deceived the whole world into thinking that love has to be expressed by our outward persona . Unless we give gifts, shower money on our close ones, throw parties for them or even be on the phone 24/7 like today's youth, we don't love. Alas! It's such a wanton display of love .
But God's love is not pomp and show. His own son was offered as an oblation without much promulgation. He thought much in advance about us, our weaknesses and sufferings and how to deliver us from them that He needed to take a decision and this decision wasn't any tomfoolery but it costed God a life - Life of His Only Son LORD JESUS.
Remember beloved, devil perverts the things of God. Where love was a decision to God, devil has perverted it from decision to feelings and nibbling, furthermore into lust. So love has simply just evaporated today and all that remains is lust. If we all can only see through the eyes of the Word of God and realise where have we failed.
If it's not lust then it has relegated to an outward display. Example- I bought you a necklace but you didn't even wear it ,that means you don't love me. I left everything for you and now you don't want to marry me that means you don't love me. In simple words, love is someone maintaining your lifestyle or becoming your yes-man/woman.
Show-off , Pretence, Gimmick, whatever you call it . That's what love is today. Real love and it's significance is lost today. Love itself is Christ Jesus and unless we have the Christ in us how can we even love people, forget about loving God.
It's a decision that we have to make everyday, by not being led by feelings but by the Holy Spirit for it's the fruit of Spirit .
And God's love is exhibited in being selfless to the extent of praying for those who might have hurt us really bad. Even if it hurts pray for the goodwill of your enemy, that's how you would become a true daughter or son of God. And that's how we are perfected in the Love of God.
PRAYER:
FATHER YOUR WORD SAYS THAT YOU'RE LOVE. AND UNLESS WE TRULY RECEIVE YOUR SON LORD JESUS IN OUR HEARTS WE CANNOT EVEN LOVE. HELP US THIS DAY HOLY SPIRIT TO WALK IN THE FRUIT OF LOVE, FOR ALL THE COMMANDMENTS ARE FULFILLED JUST BY OUR WALKING IN LOVE , IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
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