1 John 4:7-12
7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
It is widely known that our foundation is built on love, God is love, our very existence stems from love. We talk so much about how important it is to love God and love people. This message will never get old. Throughout the bible the common theme is love. God loved us first. God is love. God so loved… Love God, love your neighbor. It is so important that we as people of God move in love. The main reason being is that God is love, with that being said, how can we move in any other way? How can we walk without love if we walk with God, it is impossible. Everything about God screams loves. If we do not know God then we do not know love, it’s that simple.
God shows us how to love, He shows us what real and true love is. He shows us through His actions, God loves us enough to give us life and provide for us. He loves us enough to create an entire universe that will sustain us until we are united with Him in eternity. The greatest acts of love we have ever seen is when He sent His Son to die on a cross for us, and when Jesus willingly took our shame and death so that we wouldn’t have to. That right there is true love.
As the scripture says real love is not that we loved God but God first loved us. We did not do anything to deserve this love, there was nothing we did to make God love us He just loves us. That’s it, He loves us, that love is unconditional. This type of love never runs out. If one thing I know. I know that God will never stop loving us. Even when we are living in sin, we know that because while in our sin God loved us enough to sacrifice His own child for us to have a life that would be freed from the bondage of sin. The scripture then tells us to take that love that God has given us and love His people. He teaches us how to love so that we can love others. So that we can give people a glimpse of what God’s love is like. The love of God lives in us, God is in us and when that is true, when God has taken root in ur hearts we will love people with a Godly love that we never knew existed. That type of love is when we can’t really help ourselves. We just love. Even when we want to be mad at people and hold a grudge we can’t because God is love, and that love is running through us.
There’s an old saying that love makes the world go round. I cannot say that that statement is not true, because love is literally holding earth in place, keeping the world turning as the seasons change. Love can change people. Love can pierce evil. Love can heal or soften a broken and hardened heart. We need love, love is what keeps us going everyday. Love is our foundation. Life is so much better when we love. Through love comes peace, joy, kindness, forgiveness, humility, faith. Love makes the world a better place. Thank God that He is love.
Response/ Prayer Time
Take the time to respond to what we discussed today. Talk to God about love and true love. Talk to Him about loving our neighbors. Whatever is on your heart, pour it out to God.
I love you and I hope you have an amazing day or evening! Be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 336!
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