Friday 22 May 2020

May 22: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 13:6
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

Devotion:
We spoke of God’s love yesterday and how much He cares for the whole world, but what is this love? By human standards we have all sorts of ifs and buts which we apply to love just to get us out of tight spots or ‘little lies.’ None of that is the true definition of God’s love, but these verse help us to understand some of the aspects of God’s love and enough to inspire us to aim toward something which is achievable!

To be honest, one of the hardest things to accept is when God tells us we have to love our enemies, because, well, they are our enemies! But if we take these verses to heart we begin to see how we can love our enemies through something quite different to our normal feelings we ascribe to love.

How often do you get sick and tired of waiting for someone to respond in a way you like? How often do you get envious of the love a friend has for another person? How often do you overstate your ‘love’ for someone to try and get something out of it? How often does our so-called love put others down, anger others or keep record of any little thing someone does wrong? This is not the love God wants us to have, but what we call love in this world.

God’s love does nothing described above because it is a love which covers all of those things we do wrong in our relationships. His love does not know evil but always remains in truth. His love always seeks to trust, protect, uphold, all of which gives us hope as it perseveres. This is the love God wants us to share amongst our communities and not just with the ‘one we love!’ God shares this love with us all and continue to share it no matter what happens in our lives. He does not stop loving us just because we fell off the rails and did something wrong. His love is forgiving and perpetual!

Points to Ponder:
How do you describe your love?

Will you try loving with God’s kind of love?