20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
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The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.(all the following verses)
Then He said, “Take now your son, your
only sonIsaac,
whom you love,
and go to the land of Moriah
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel,
and they seemed only a
few days to him because of the lovehe had for her.
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear
any grudge against the children of your people, but you shalllove your
neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
The stranger who dwells among you shall
be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were
strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your strength.
Oh, love the Lord,
all you His saints! For the Lordpreserves
the faithful, And fully repays the proud person.
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse
you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you
and persecute you,
He who loves
father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves
son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Jesus
said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your mind.’
And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
And because lawlessness will abound,
the love of many will grow cold.
My Comments: When we become Christ’s and the Children of God
we put off our own selves of wanting everything for ourselves. We have put on
Christ Jesus and He is in us and we now can love unselfishly and completely
with His love. We no longer desire to walk our own way. We desire to fulfill
the will of He who created and sacrificed everything for us. His was the
greatest love and He showed us how to love without thinking of us first or even
at all.
Many a marriage, family and even business association, is broken because two or more people refuse to
follow the command of God to love. It is not a feeling it is a command to
action. The action of love requires one to put others first; our spouses,
family, church body, community. Now do not get me wrong I am not saying one
becomes a door mat to others. We can and often must say, “No” when asked to do
for others, yet we pray first and ask the Lord to guide us. The Lord often went
off by Himself to renew His connection to the Father. This is love as well. He
and we can not do for others well without taking care of our needs as well. You
will notice I said needs, not, wants or desires. If one is married this is the
progression: God always first (I am not talking about go to church but God is
first), then your spouse and you (you need to be one in all things), children
(you do not bow to their wants but raise them up to know God and respect
parents and love all peoples), then others. But love is action.
Love is what we should have when others are not loveable.
When the guy pushes his shopping cart in front of you in line smile and be love.
When the driver on the freeway nearly or even hits you then love. When your
spouse says mean things you are to love them anyway. We do not love because we
think we should be first, special, comforted instead, complimented, forgiven by
others, given a break, treated with respect…. You name it we are about
ourselves in the very depths of our souls.
That is why we need a
Savior who loved us so much He gave up everything; He left His Fathers side in
Heaven to be born in a lowly, smelly stable. Then had to run from where He was
as a child to another country so He would not be slaughtered before His time.
He grew up and was rejected, whipped, crowned with thorns, mocked, spit on by
the very people who He came to save and was hung on a cross the most lowly of
deaths and died for our sins. All because He loves us so much He did not want
any to perish. All any have to do is confess with their mouth that Jesus is
Lord and died and rose on the third day for them and they will know His complete
love and be able to love others as He loves them. This is His command to us. He did not tell us to "feel" love to others, He commanded us to Love others.
Abba Father, it amazes us Father that You have given us Your
Son, Jesus. His sacrifices and gracious love towards all brings me to tears
often. I am so thankful You love us so much that You O Lord would send Your
only Son to shed His Body and Blood that
we might live.
Lord Jesus, help us to be always aware of all You have done
to bring us to redemption and to show Your love to all. To our loved ones,
family, friends, enemies, co-workers, employers, government officials, the
person who spills coffee in our lap, the person who is grouchy or mean
spirited, the child who picks our favorite flowers, the neighbor whose dog
annoys us, the mechanic who cheated us, everyone we come in contact with in
anyway. Help us to be more like You Lord God, daily in all we think, say and
do.
Holy Spirit fill us with the Love of God so we will always
let Him pour through us to a hurting world. Use us to show the love of God for
all. May Your Spirit, shine through us showering all with the perfect love of
God. In Jesus’ blessed and Holy name I pray. Amen
Rebishka
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