The Greatest of These is Love
Love. The essence of Christianity but something that is often overlooked. I just started a book called Spiritual Progress where the author makes the following statement: “When we cease to love a single person, we cease to be Christians.” At first glance, it would be easy to tear that apart. We often feel we have a reason to not love everyone but what did John mean when he said, “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?” (1 John 4:20)?
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). That is love, Folks, and that’s the love Christ wants us to have for others. Love is not warm, fuzzy feelings but a determination to not harbor hatred toward a person who has wronged us. It’s a willingness to go the distance for that person not because we feel like it but because it’s the right thing to do.
Are you harboring bitterness or resentment toward someone? If so, I encourage you to lay it at God’s feet and let go of it totally and completely. You can’t afford to let anyone or anything stand between you and God. Begin again to live that victorious, joyous life you’ve been longing for. As you allow Him to place a love in your heart, you will feel your burdens grow lighter and you’ll know the joy and the peace that only He can bring.
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