Morning Musings with the boys at breakfast...
Most people know the "love chapter" is considered to be 1 Corinthians 13. In this chapter God's love is described and is that type of love which we, all followers of Jesus Christ, need to have and use in all we do. It's the type of love that "oils" all our relationships, so lubricate liberally with it by God's grace.
Get that glimpse of God's love. How He was/is always reaching out to mankind. From the Garden of Eden where He came down to walk there and to spend time with Adam and Eve, communing with them; to the Israelites roaming through the wilderness all the way from Egypt to Canaan: God being in their midst the whole time in the pillar of cloud and fire, in the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple; residing in various Old Testament individuals temporarily so they could complete specialized tasks; to King Saul once being indwelt by the Holy Spirit yet due to Saul's disobedience, the Spirit had to leave...God was really trying His best to get His love message across.
King David was also indwelt by the Holy Spirit and he must have remembered what had happened to King Saul and at one point begged and pleaded with God not to remove the Holy Spirit from him when he had committed some terrible sins (Psalm 51:11). David valued God's presence within him.
There were four hundred silent years between the Old Testament and the New Testament where there appeared to be no interest from God towards His human beings. This must have been a painful time on God's part, so to speak--heartbroken over His people who hadn't much interest in Him.
God does go on to prove His love to human kind by sending Jesus to earth. Jesus death and resurrection and taking that punishment for the sins of earth's people was God's way of speaking loudly and clearly. Furthermore when Jesus went back to Heaven He sent the Holy Spirit to live in His children permanently while they (we) reside on Earth. He went to great lengths so He could establish and maintain (if we so choose), that relationship of communion with Him. He wants us. Let us delight ourselves in Him and His presence and His love.
Speaking of this love we are to extend it to our fellow human beings. In 1 John 4:7-11, God the Source of love shows and gives His love, and we ought to love one another. When we do this, His love is made complete in us. Don't keep His love to yourself.
This love can make us kinder, gentler, more good. We can show greater grace to others, through the Holy Spirit's help as we learn to be more patient, kind, to show no envy, not to boast, not to be proud, not to be rude or self-seeking, not to be easily angered, not to keep records of wrongs, not to delight in evil, to rejoice in the truth, to protect, to always trust, hope and persevere, and to never fail. God's kind of love is the greatest thing.
~ERC 2015~
P.S. Do feel free to comment constructively. TQ.
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