February 16, 2009
DAY 30
Posted by KI Contributor
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13
God is Love
Any act of God is done in love. It must be as Scripture tells us – that “God is love” (1 John 4:16). God not only performs loving acts, but who He is is love. His entire being is love and is loving. This is our creator and the one whose image we reflect. And when we reflect something other than love, we are a broken and poor image of Him.
We must find a way to remain connected to the loving heart of the Father. I believe the only way we will be able to live out the greatest commands – “Love God and love our neighbor as ourselves” (Matthew 22:36-40) – is to continually experience this powerful love of God. And the only way I know how to do this is to believe, no matter what I may be feeling at the moment, that He is true to His revealed word and that everything He does is love.
I know that in our culture we throw around the word love very easily: “I love chocolate,” “I love the beach,” “I love you,” “I love God.” So, we must return to the essence of what true love is. I encourage all of us to meditate (even memorize) on 1 Cor. 13. Use this as the true definition of love and know that this is how God loves us. The way that love is defined in this passage is true about God’s posture and action towards us. Meditating upon this revealed truth gives me the hope to go beyond myself in order to love God and others, even those who curse me (Luke 6:27-28).
Read the Scripture two to three times and allow it to sink in. Prayerfully discern which aspect of God’s love is most challenging for you to receive (patience, even temperament, etc.) and chew (meditate) upon that all day today believing that this is God’s posture towards you no matter what emotion or disposition you may be currently experiencing. God loves you! And He wants you to live out this love.
PRAYER FOCUS: YNCC Community
Pray that, as a community of faith, we will continue to live out God’s love in a very tangible way wherever we are because God first loved us. Pray that through the love of God, we will continue to be missional in our lifestyle wherever we are.
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