Your life is meaningless without love.
Surely you get my point. And surely you’re not offended by that statement. If you ARE offended, I have to question whether or not you have love in your life. If that’s truly the case, I recommend you attend to that right away. Tomorrow is not the time to start. If you’ve been following my articles and podcasts, you’ve probably noticed that’s an ongoing thread I harp on. That’s because tomorrow is a concept to help us understand the flowing of time…even though it never gets here. And your free will means you get to choose. Things like whether you’ll believe in creation or evolution, science or fairy tales.
True Christian love won’t lie to you about your own power. Christian love will tell you the truth about yourself…even when it disagrees with your earthly sensibilities. You might hear a guy on TV talking about how “faith can move mountains”. Or you might gaze in amazement as another televangelist babbles “in tongues”…as you wonder what in the world it means. And you might hear yet another TV ministry boasting about how much they feed the poor, heal the sick, and tend to the needy. But a guy known as the Apostle Paul wrote about what a Christian’s greatest gift is…
Without LOVE
Paul said speaking in tongues without love is like making an obnoxious noise. He also said being able to prophesy and understand all mysteries…and having a faith to move mountains…without love…means you still amount to nothing. He also said that even if you give all your “goods to feed the poor” and even if you give your “body to be burned“, but you don’t have love…it amounts to nothing.
Wow. That’s pretty strong talk. And Paul used the word “nothing” twice within two verses. He must have known how important it is to emphasize what everything amounts to without love. Wouldn’t you agree?
Here’s the good news.
Love can build inside you despite what you might feel this very moment. Maybe it has to begin with an act of your will. Maybe you don’t feel loved and you don’t feel much like loving. But the great thing about love is…it increases in you the more you give it away. You can be the starting point, and God will not allow you to go unloved as a result. Paul wrote “love never fails”. And it never does. You may see a small “battle” not being won in love, but that’s how the ongoing struggles in life are won.
If you’re feeling unloved today, I’d like you to know you’re not. Your Creator loves you, and He wants to be close to you. Will you let Him be the centerpiece and cornerstone of love in your life? Or do you prefer to struggle in doubt without love? The choice is yours.
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