Saturday Reading: Romans 12:9-16
Key Verse: Romans 12:10
10 in brotherly love to one another, loving fervently, having led one another in honour.
Devotion:
One of the best ways that we can lift up Christ and His ways is to continue on in His example by loving others. The love that we show towards others will shine stronger than a spotlight in their lives because it will be something that they can know as the truth. If we are willing to take our love with us and to give it to others in our lives we are not just lighting up our lives and their but also the people around us too. Being able to demonstrate your love for Christ is a very important part of being a Christian – as is demonstrating your love for those around you. Jesus reminded us in this by giving us what some like to call the eleventh commandment – to love others.
That love has got to be right though because if we try to love others for our own gain or for our own good, then we will quickly find out that that will work against God’s will in our lives. We should then not be too surprised that we fall flat on our faces or that things don’t go our own way. God will try to allow us to see that it is His ways that we need to follow and that it is His will that we should aim for. He does this because of His awesome love for us and not because He wants us to be slaves to His ways. Our love towards others has got to be honest like that too – we cannot turn a blind eye to everything to try and make people happy. We need to lift up the truth and God’s laws so that others will know His ways as well.
This description on love should be read regularly to make sure that we do remember just how we should be loving others; not part time, not half way, not just when we want to, not just because they are nice, but always and forever. When you find that special someone in your life you can realise that love to the full – what we need to remember is that that is the love that we should be willing to show to everyone and not just that special someone in our lives. God did not limit His love to the people that would agree to His ways but showed His love to the whole world, both sinners and saved, so that we can know that true and faithful love. Let that be our example!
Points to Ponder:
Do you limit your love?
Did Christ limit His love?