“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12
Many among us can say that we love one another but only few can put the love that they have into action. It is so easy to say “I love you” to others. It is so easy to say that you love God. But love is not just the feeling or the emotions that we have in our hearts. It must be the love coming into action as we love each other.
The love that Daddy God wants from us is the love that will be put into action. It is when we don’t just talk about the need to share Jesus, but we do it. It is not just to talk about the hungry, you feed them. It is not just to talk about that you love Jesus, you obey His commandments.
“My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.” Ezekiel 33:31
Jesus did not love with just words but in deed and truth. He gave His life for us. How many of us can give our life for others? The love that Daddy God gave us must flow out from us to others. By this we know that we are from God- if we are living in His love and showing His love to others.
Some of us say that we love our neighbors or friends, or co-workers, yet when they are out of our sight, we talk behind their backs. We spread gossips or we discuss to others their faults. We only love those who love us but Jesus said that we must specially love our enemies and those who persecute us. How many of us can remain still despite of the bad words that others are speaking against us? How many of us can forgive immediately? Many want to fight back and retaliate. But this is not for us Christians. We must learn to forgive and forget. We must not take it to heart the bad things that others have done to us.
“If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.” 1 John 4:20
“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” 1 John 3:15
We say that we love others more than we love ourselves yet when we see them in need; we close our doors or turn our backs to them, or pretend that we have not seen them. How many of us can share the food that we eat to those who are hungry? How many can give our extra clothes to those who do not have? Daddy God told me that when you open your hands to help the needy, your open hands will receive more blessings and grace from Him, while the hands that are kept close will never receive. Whatever we did for others, we also did to the Lord.
“If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?” James 2:15-16
“But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?” 1 John 3:17
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ ..” Matthew 25:35-40
“And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?" 11 And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise." Luke 3:10-11
Some of us obeyed Daddy God’s commandments because of the fear of going to hell. We fear that if we disobeyed Him and if we sin, we may end up in hell forever. The love that we have is not the perfect love that Daddy God wants. Perfect love is when we obey Him not because of our fear of going to hell but because we know that we are hurting Him whenever we sin. We obey Him because we love Him.
“By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” 1 John 4:17-18
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” James 1:27
ALL GLORY TO GOD!
-Daddy’s girl
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