Friday 15 Feb 2013

Friday Reading: John 5:39

Key Verse: John 5:39
39  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Devotion:
When I first started to hear about God I was told that I had to read my bible and learn various verses and do this and do that, but somehow it just did not connect that I had to love God in any way and neither was it shown me eloquently just how much He loved me first of all. But as I learned more about God and more about His love for me I have grown to love Him more as I have found out just how much He loves me. I have spent several years trying to understand just how important love is and read a statement that floored me today.

We need to learn about love because the love that we share with others is echoed in the love that we share with God. If we do not learn to love God then how are we ever going to learn to love someone else? So the love of God is a huge part of our lives! The way that I have tried to find out about true love is to continue reading about God and His love for us; through that I have learned how I should be loving others and have realised how far short of the mark I have fallen over the years.

God has continued to make sure that we have a ready record of all that He has done for us and all that we have done to Him; this record describes just how much He loves us so that we can take that same word out to others and describe that love to them. It was through God’s precious word that I have learned about the true Christian love that we need to share with each other so that we can learn to love our God in that same way. I praise Him for giving me that special insight into His Word that I can bring to you as well.

Don’t go looking for something that is going to give you a quick fix or some form of self-gratification because all you will get out of it is that quick fix; once that fix has happened you will discover that you are still looking for the truth because it was not there. God’s love is true, enduring, everlasting and as pure as love can be and we need to know about it. Looking into God’s Word will show us that truth so that we can learn to love others through the love He shows us…

Points to Ponder:
Where do you search for love?

How much of God’s Word have you searched?