GOD’S LOVE HELPS US TO LOVE OTHERS.
Of all we are called to do as believers nothing cranks me up like the call to love others – Not just to love them but to love them as Christ Jesus loves me.
Jesus clearly said,
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. John 13:34 (Amp)
This could mean any of two things. We are called to love others the way we were loved or it could also mean to love others because we have been loved.
Loving others – spouse, children, neighbors and even enemies is quite a difficult task but God’s love towards us enables us. God exemplified it in Christ and filled our hearts with His love so we could do it.
I used to be a bitter person growing up. We had lost a big sibling before I was born. Then I realized I was weak and sickly. It was a tough childhood for me. Even after becoming born again, I still didn’t understand love until the revelation of God’s love and grace hit me. It changed me so much now it is easy for me to love even the unlovable.
God’s love changes us to make us more loving persons. His love makes us love others.
An unloved woman who is married is a ticking time bomb about to explode.
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: a slave when he becomes a king and a fool when he is filled with food; an unloved woman when she gets a husband and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress. Proverbs 30:21-23 (ESV)
Only those who experience love can truly love so God in His wisdom loved us, saved us and now He asks only for one thing in return: Love God, Love People.
Just thinking about the amazing love of God empowers us to express the same to others.
Learn to love from the God who is Love personified then you can truly love others.